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Bayt Hanbas
بيت حنبص | |
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Village | |
  Bayt Hanbas Location in Yemen | |
| Coordinates: 15°15′54″N 44°08′44″E / 15.26496°N 44.14561°E [1] | |
| Country | 
Yemen |
| Governorate | Sanaa |
| District | Bani Matar |
| Elevation | 9,245 ft (2,818 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
Bayt Hanbas ( Arabic: بيت حنبص Bayt Ḩanbaş) is a village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. [1] [2] It is located above the Qa al-Nahim plain, in the mountains southwest of Sanaa. [2]
History
According to the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, Bayt Hanbas is named after one Ḥanbaṣ b. Yuʽfir Dhī Yahar, of the tribe of Himyar. [2] Al-Hamdani described Bayt Hanbas as once having been the site of at least one great palace, which had been destroyed by the Qarmatians in 908 CE (295 AH). [2] No traces of the palace exist today. [2] Later, during the 13th and 14th centuries, Bayt Hanbas served as a minor stronghold of the Banu Shihab tribe. [2]