As Sunnatayn
Village in 'Amran, Yemen
as-Sunnatayn السنتين | |
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Village | |
15°57′50″N 43°58′16″E / 15.96376°N 43.97109°E / 15.96376; 43.97109[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | 'Amran |
District | Khamir |
Elevation [1] | 8,430 ft (2,570 m) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
As Sunnatayn (Arabic: السنتين as-Sunnatayn), also transliterated as al-Sinnatayn, is a village in Khamir District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen.[1] It is located a bit to the south of Khamir.[2]
History
Robert T.O. Wilson identified As Sunnatayn with the al-Sinnatān mentioned in the 10th century writer al-Hamdani in his geographic work Sifat Jazirat al-Arab. According to him, it is also referred to by Muhammad ibn Salah al-Sharafi as being adjacent to the territory of Bilad al-Kalbiyyin, although the reading is uncertain.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Geonames.org. As Sunnatayn". Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ a b Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. pp. 192–3. Retrieved 22 February 2021.