Najr (Arabic: نجر Najr) is a village in Iyal Surayh District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen.[1] It is located just to the south of 'Amran, on a small hill at the lower end of the Wadi Khuzamir.[2]

Najr نجر
Village
Najr Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 15.64257°N 43.94758°E / 15.64257; 43.94758[1]
Country	Yemen
Governorate	'Amran
District	Iyal Surayh
Elevation [1]	7,536 ft (2,297 m)
Time zone	UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

History

There are pre-Islamic ruins at Najr. Robert T.O. Wilson identified Najr with the palace of al-Nujayr mentioned by the 10th-century author al-Hamdani as one of the famous structures of Yemen. Najr was used as a military base at the edge of the Bawn during the medieval period, and during the Rasulid era, it was used as a base for a siege against Thula.[2]

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