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Khaywan

خيان
Khaywan خيان
Town
	Khaywan Location in Yemen
	Coordinates: 16°16′47″N 44°03′57″E / 16.27978°N 44.06591°E
Country	Yemen
Governorate	Amran
District	Huth
Elevation	5,344 ft (1,629 m)
Time zone	UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Khaywan (Arabic: خيوان, romanized: Khaywān) is an old town and corresponding 'uzlah in Huth District of Amran Governorate, Yemen.

History

Khaywan is an ancient settlement, attested in pre-Islamic inscriptions. According to Ibn al-Kalbi, in pre-Islamic times, the god Ya'uq was worshipped here. Early medieval texts indicate that Khaywan was an important stopping place on the pilgrimage route from Sanaa to Mecca at the time.^[2] It was the third stage on that route, after Raydah and Athafit.^[3] The 9th-century writer Ya'qubi listed Khaywan as one of the 84 mikhlafs of Yemen.^[4] The 10th-century writer al-Hamdani described Khaywan as the main settlement of the Hashid tribe, and named after one Malik b. Zayd, who was also called Khaywan and was a descendant of Hashid. It declined later on, perhaps due to the rise of nearby Huth, and is mentioned less frequently in later texts.^[2]^[3]

In the year 286 AH (899-900 CE), Khaywan was the site of a major rebellion against Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya, the Imam of Yemen. The rebellion was led by one Ibn al-Dahhak (presumably to be identified with Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad), who led a nighttime attack on Khaywan after al-Hadi had left for Athafit, while his son Abu'l-Qasim had stayed behind. This led to a battle on Sunday, 15 Sha'ban, where al-Hadi fought personally on foot. The rebels were defeated, and al-Hadi had their houses and vineyards destroyed, but Ibn al-Dahhak himself managed to escape capture.^[3]