Hamidah | |
Native Name: | حمدة |
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: | 'Amran |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Raydah |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Yemen Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 15.8325°N 43.9664°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 2213 |
Hamidah (ar|حمدة), historically known as Hamudah, is a village and administrative sub-division ('uzlah) in Raydah District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen.[1] [2] It is located on a small plain that sticks out to the west of the al-Bawn from a point just north of Raydah.[2]
Hamidah is an ancient settlement, with its name mentioned in several old Himyaritic inscriptions. It is mentioned in several historical sources including the Iklil and the Sifat Jazirat al-Arab, both by al-Hamdani, the Ghayat al-amani of Yahya ibn al-Husayn, the Sirat al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq of al-Abbasi, the Kitab al-Simt of Muhammad ibn Hatim al-Yami al-Hamdani, and the Muʽjam ma'staʽjam of al-Bakri. Hamidah was not the site of any major historical events,[2] although it is mentioned in Jewish historical writings as a place where the Imam Al-Mahdi Ahmad ordered the destruction of a synagogue in the year 1678 of the Common Era.[3]