Bayt ʽUqab | |
Native Name: | بيت عقب |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Yemen |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Yemen |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Yemen |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Sanaa |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Sanhan |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Yemen Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 15.3511°N 44.3817°W[1] |
Elevation M: | 2521 |
Bayt ʽUqab (ar|بيت عقب) is a village in Sanhan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.[1]
Bayt ʽUqab first appears in historical sources in the year 903 (290 AH).[2] In April or May of that year, the Al Tarif general Ibrahim ibn Khalaf camped at Bayt ʽUqab during a campaign against al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya, the first Imam of Yemen. The two armies fought a battle at Bayt Hadir, 5 km west-southwest of Bayt ʽUqab; the Al Tarif were defeated and had to retreat.[3]