Anss District

ʿAnss District
عنس
ʿAns
District
A view in Jabal al-Dar in ʿAns
A view in Jabal al-Dar in ʿAns
Map
Country Yemen
GovernorateDhamar
Population
 (2003)
 • Total
119,124
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

ʿAnss District, also spelled ʿAns,[1] (Arabic: مديرية عنس) is a district of the Dhamar Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 119,124 inhabitants.[2]

History

The 9th-century writer Ya'qubi listed ʿAns as one of the 84 mikhlafs (administrative divisions) of Yemen.[3] It was a tribal region named after ʿAns b. Mālik, and contained the towns of Thāt and Bishār.[4]

References

  1. ^ "'Ans". Geonames. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Districts of Yemen". Statoids. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  3. ^ al-Ya'qubi, Ibn Wadih (2017). Gordon, Matthew S.; Robinson, Chase F.; Rowson, Everett K.; Fishbein, Michael (eds.). The Works of Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī (Volume 1): An English Translation. Brill. p. 154. ISBN 9004364145. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  4. ^ Eagle, A.B.D.R. (1990). Ghayat al-amani and the life and times of al-Hadi Yahya b. al-Husayn: an introduction, newly edited text and translation with detailed annotation. Durham University. pp. 141, 161, 198. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

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