Dhi Bin
ذيبين | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 15°58′38″N 44°07′45″E / 15.97712°N 44.12917°E [1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Amran |
District | Dhi Bin |
Elevation | 6,155 ft (1,876 m) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
Dhi Bin ( Arabic: ذيبين, romanized: Dhībīn), also spelled Dhibin or Dhaybin, is a small town in 'Amran Governorate, Yemen, and the seat of Dhi Bin District. [1]
According to the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, Dhi Bin is named after Dhu Bin b. Bakīr b. Nawfān, of the tribe of Hamdan. [2] It was a moderately important site during the late medieval and early modern eras, and is mentioned frequently in Yahya ibn al-Husayn's historical account, the Ghayat al-amani. [2]