Madhbah
Madhbah
مذبح | |
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Village | |
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Madhbah (
Amanat al-Asimah Governorate.[1]
History
The first known mention of Madhbah in historical sources is in 799 AH (1397 CE), in Ghayat al-amani of Yahya ibn al-Husayn, where its name is spelled Mudhayyaḥ.[3] The text describes Madhbah as a "well-known place to the west of the city of Sanaa", and relates an anecdote of a local shepherd finding a corpse in a cave there while he was pasturing his sheep.[3]
The development of Madhbah as a suburb of Sanaa dates to 1991.real estate developers.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Geonames.org. Madhbaḩ al Qadīmah". Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ JSTOR 23457582. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ a b Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. p. 300. Retrieved 9 February 2021.