Anss District
ʿAnss District, also spelled ʿAns,[1] (Arabic: مديرية عنس) is a district of the Dhamar Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 119,124 inhabitants.[2]
ʿAnss District عنس ʿAns | |
|---|---|
District | |
 A view in Jabal al-Dar in ʿAns | |
| Country |  |
| Governorate | Dhamar |
| Population (2003) | |
| • Total | 119,124 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
History
The 9th-century writer Ya'qubi listed ʿAns as one of the 84 mikhlafs (administrative divisions) of Yemen.[3] It was a tribal region named after ʿAns b. Mālik, and contained the towns of Thāt and Bishār.[4]
References
- "'Ans". Geonames. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- "Districts of Yemen". Statoids. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- al-Ya'qubi, Ibn Wadih (2017). Gordon, Matthew S.; Robinson, Chase F.; Rowson, Everett K.; Fishbein, Michael (eds.). The Works of Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī (Volume 1): An English Translation. Brill. p. 154. ISBN 9004364145. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- Eagle, A.B.D.R. (1990). Ghayat al-amani and the life and times of al-Hadi Yahya b. al-Husayn: an introduction, newly edited text and translation with detailed annotation. Durham University. pp. 141, 161, 198. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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