THE IMAMS Of SANAA NOTES . /? A PERSONAL STATEMENT. This history is an abridged translation of an Arabic manuscript a copy of which was obtained through, the Moray Fund. El Khasreji tells the story of the dynasty of the Banu Rasul; Johannsen's text carries on the history briefly to 900 A.H. and Rutgers' booh de¬ scribes events at the end of the tenth century when the Turkish power seemed firmly established. This booh then takes up the tale of the national revival under Qasim and his sons. TABLE Of CONTENTS. Abbreviations page 1 Geographical Index S General Notes SI Notes on the Text 40 Language 54 TVL C-h. .gsYioL ABBREVIATIONS . I * ABBREVIATIONS. A. AHLWARDT. Oatologue of Arabic Mas. in the Library Berlin. D. DEFLERS. voyage au Yemen. 0. GLASER. in Petermann's Mittheilungen 1884 - 1886. H. HAMDANI. Geography. H.I. ti Iklil. J. JOHANNSEN. Historia Yemenae. K. KAYE. Omara's History of Yemen Hal. HALEVY. Voyage au,Ne;jran. Bulletin da la societe de Geographic: de Paris 1873 fol. Rapport. Journal Asiatigue 1873 N. NIEBUHR. Description de 1*Arabic. R. REDHOUSE. Khazreji's History of the Resuli Dynasty. Redhouse did not use Glaser's maps and at times he confuses east and west. Numbers refer to his notes. Rut RUTGERS. Historia Yemenae sub Hasana Pasha W. WUSTENFELD Das Yemen im XI. Jahrhundart. Die scherifa von Mecca. Y. YAKUT. Geographical Dictionary. The maps used are Glaser's Halevy's and that published by the war Office; Ritter's and Kaye's have also been consulted. GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX. 2. i [ GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX. Yemen is a land of hamlets many of which it is hopeless to try to locate in the absence of maps. Many names are doubtful owing to the amission of diacritics and indications of position are often extremely vague. Well Known names are omitted from this list. A hill in zulaima; apparently south east in the direction of Habur. Tribe in upper Haima; commanding one of the entrances to the province. H.135. j kJ I M.S. J/H Apparently the wadi north of Suda W. map. oU" oj >^l Tribe near Khaiwan. There is another in Sharaf. Port in sinhan. s.s.E. of Sanaa. D. ^ or Near Qarn ul Wacar. Not the Jabttl ul Aswad of H. J,^i/i Village midway between cAraran and Ha^a: on the borders of cAyal Yazid. w. map. jj£*\ One post from Sanaa, of H. probably south west. yj>/ Residence of the imam in the district of Shahara to the east of the town; perhaps H. 180. , tV i Kj»/* [I Castle near Dimna. SL/ Castle in Khaulan saada; west of the town, N. in the territory of the Banu Jamaca; Key to Haidan Town in the Tihama between Maur and Abu Arish; west of Sharaf. I District west of Sharaf though sometimes counted as part of it. In the mountains; divided from Maur by the wadi Shihr. /IC» I In the land of the Banu Mucawia in lower Laca; on the road from Tais to Ha^a. W. puts the Banu Ahdal near zebid. A District bounded north by wada'a, east by Rurban and zahir, south by Suda and west by Sharaf. Mt. Hinwam and zuiaima are two important places in it.' H 193. map. Yl This word, the plural of >\> seems to be the name of a district near sanhan. North of saada. y. Commonplace name; Y gives two, R 636 four or five. Two appear to be mentioned in this history; one in or near Rurban and one near Tawila on the road from KauKaban j, 7" District in the east on the edge of the desert; riot far from Saada and Sufyan. Hal. map. w. J*y In the Tihama, north of Abu Arish. J. 173 puts it south of Hali; Y puts it between Hali and Mecca. A town with strong buildings and old ruins. R 365. H. Close to wada^a and not far from Huth. H. 188 north of Wada^a. H 113 is a'different place. C/ Mountain and fort west of ibb. R 1347 map. Port of Zebid: riot on the maps. J. There is another place of this name in Khaulan Saada on Wadi cAlaf. H. J7 Castle: a y dependency of Kaukaban; near Tawila. tr'jK Village south by west of Sanaa, map 4. o•jL=>y. In Khanlan saada: east of Sabya and near Rurafa. District north of Sanaa, map. In Asir, Hal. Between Saada and Mecca. Y. In the territory of sabya W. On the Sarat facing the desert, H. Basch a few leagues north of Jazan, N. a yL,/1' Village in Tais. Village on the borders of the Banu Dhuaib in the neighbourhood of saada. Wadi,* H. Mountain south of Jibl-a. R. 480. W. map. In the government of saada: near Ruhban. R. 348. village near Haidan. Distriot in the centre of Yemen.; bounded north by Laca, east by shahidhia and south by Hairaa. map. District in Harass. There may be other places of the same name. a mountain in Hadur, near Raimat Bani Siya* between Sanaa and Hairaa. ^ U-l Near Hajja; map. 'hM In Hamdan north of Sanaa, map. y^-4' 1. Mountain north of Haj^a: contains Dur and Mt. !Amr. map H. 135. 2. District west of sharaf; contains Shara^ib; near Wa^lia. in Haima; near Yana". x.>4\ v/^' Between cAyal Yazid and Ha J 3a: probably north west of Ashmur. 1/4*I Tribe near Bait ul Faqih ez Zaidia, map-. j,\yJ-l Between Sanaa and Raaida. R 1072. map. W. writes jiyj> wrongly. j: ft? Mountain and castle in the district of Affar. Rut. tJ* In the south of the territory of saada. j». In Khaulan Saada near Mt. Razih; a division of Nasr. perhaps it should be further north than it is mar toed on the map. Village on Mt. Hinwara. w. In this history always in connexion with the Banu Habash, Banu Qatil, Hajja and Qudam. H. usually puts it north of Wada^a but p. 125 he gives it a much wider extension; including Hajja. Y. makes it a confederation of tribes of which sanhan is one. >4!' Town east of TaHz. R 223. map, d>j>4~\ North east of Hamdan. Hal. maKes it three days journey from Najran. It is divided into two districts; upper and lower. There are frequent references to the war¬ like qualities of the sherifs of Jauf; who fought both for the imam and the Turks. They preserve the same piratical tendencies to-day; provoking strife among their neighbours to earn their living as mercenaries. The war office map puts Jauf too close to Najran. k=* Half a day from Uqr on the road to Suda, so between Shahara and Rurban. v-^ Mountain near Ibb. R 26. K p 245. H 101. In the territory of Zulaima. map. Mountain in lower Yemen. V. map. North east of suda, beyond Shazab. map. 1. District and castle in Sharaf; divided from Amrur by a wadi. 2. Mountain in Faifa. a- 1 District south of Haima near cAniz. .».*=£* Tribe or confederation soutn east of Ta^iz. map. Not the tribe in H. 6. District soutli west of Sharaf and Muha— bisha; a part of or close to Hiqar. map. > i>t=~ Tribe on the road from Sanaa to Dhiraar. south of Banu Matar. Mountain wadi and village close to Sanaa; roughly north west, D. map. Near umm Laila. Rut. plain near Qubbatan and Zailat Yakla. North east of Masar and Haraz. map. village in Khaulan Saada; apparently near Talummus. C3r^J Near Sanaa in Khaulan; in the territory of the Banu shaddad. 1. Near Hajja; mentioned once. 2. Hadur esh SheiKh; north of Thila appar¬ ently the Hadur ban! Azd of H. map .. Rut. 3. Banu shihab between Sanaa and Haima. H. Nebi Shu caib 3^.^-. map. village close to Khamr. map. 1. Near Shahara, on the south; close to Madum. The full name was. 2. In the territory of Banu Dhuwad. o>£=, Town near Wada*a; apparently to the north. It was not counted a dependency of Saada. W. puts it in HamdanI The map seems to •put it too far south. One of the groups of fortresses round Ha^a; on the east. Not mentioned else¬ where. It was an important place and the residence of a governor. Either there was a village Na'man close to it or Nacman Haura is the full name. Town near Ibb. ^ District round wasaha; not far from Saqin and Haidan H. 69. 7. o l>^=> Town and district between wada^a and saada. Not so far north as saqin nor part of the government of saada. H. map. 1. Town in the Tihama; south of zebid. map 2. Mountain close to Talummus. ^-^-1 kJj_n fun, south west of Sanaa; a district rather less elevated than the hills surrounding it, D. map. Village in Rucain. a district north of Sanaa. North of it gayad; south east Nihfn; south west Hamdan and north west Baun. h.y. map. Village at the gate of Sanaa; no more definite clue, w. art- c* j (iu== District west of Sharaf; often mentioned with Hajur and Amrur. ij LcL£=s- Village close to Kaukaban. uxLek Fort in Yafei; built by sinan the second. Map. Residence of the Turkish governor of Zahir. Chief town of a district in the extreme south. Apparently north or northwest of Lahe^. The chief was almost an ally of the imam. Y. H 53. 1. Khaulan Sanaa or east or upper.