As Sunnatayn
As Sunnatayn (Arabic: السنتين as-Sunnatayn), also transliterated as al-Sinnatayn, is a village in Khamir District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen. It is located a bit to the south of Khamir.
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.
References
- ^ "Geonames.org. As Sunnatayn". Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. pp. 192–3. Retrieved 22 February 2021.