Haz, Yemen (original) (raw)

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Village in Sanaa, Yemen

Haz حاز
Village
Haz is located in YemenHazHazLocation in Yemen
Coordinates: 15°30′59″N 44°00′09″E / 15.51634°N 44.00246°E / 15.51634; 44.00246[1]
Country Yemen
Governorate Sanaa
District Hamdan
Elevation[1] 8,500 ft (2,590 m)
Time zone UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Haz (Arabic: حاز Ḥāz) is a large village in Hamdan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.[1][2] It is an old settlement, with archaeological remains dating back to the pre-Islamic period, and it is also mentioned by name in pre-Islamic inscriptions.[2] During that period, it was the capital of the tribe of Humlan.[2] It was described by the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, but it had a relatively uneventful history during the middle ages and is absent from most historical narratives from the period.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Geonames.org. Ḩāz". Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. p. 125. ISBN 9783487091952. Retrieved 5 February 2021.