Yemen

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Map of Yemen

Yeman in Middle East Countries

Yemen (Arabic: اليَمَن‎ al-Yaman) is an Arab country in Western Asia, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. Its capital is Sanaa.

Variants

• Eudemon (by Pliny)
• Arabia Felix (Pliny.vi.31)

Location

It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea to the south, and Oman to the east.

Districts of Yemen

Name	Population
Abs	133,824
Ad Dahi	54,503
Ad Dhale'e	80,213
Ad Dis	23,092
Ad Durayhimi	55,013
Adh Dhlia'ah	18,678
Aflah Al Yaman	38,874
Aflah Ash Shawm	54,054
Ahwar	25,246
Ain	22,051
Al Abdiyah	13,000
Al Abr	3,348
Al A'rsh	45,773
Al Ashah	43,859
Al Azariq	37,295
Al Bayda	40,289
Al Bayda City	29,853
Al Buraiqeh	62,405
Al Dhaher	22,394
Al Dhihar	154,399
Al Garrahi	89,163
Al Ghaydah	27,404
Al Ghayl	10,436
Al Had	53,159
Al Hada	143,100
Al Hajjaylah	9,694
Al Hali	168,071
Al Hashwah	14,274
Al Hawak	155,369
Al Hawtah	25,881
Al Haymah Ad Dakhiliyah	83,234
Al Haymah Al Kharijiyah	58,454
Al Hazm	30,952
Al Humaydat	20,026
Al Husha	60,178
Al Husn	30,124
Al Hussein	37,118
Al Jabin	71,777
Al Jafariyah	69,705
Al Jamimah	41,211
Al Jubah	21,093
Al Khabt	64,033
Al Khalq	14,123
Al Khawkhah	33,764
Alluheyah	105,682
Al Ma'afer	110,924
Al Madan	26,955
Al Madaribah Wa Al Arah	45,808
Al Maflahy	38,524
Al Maghrabah	64,440
Al Mahabishah	50,865
Al Mahfad	26,870
Al Mahwait	50,526
Al Mahwait City	20,134
Al Makhadir	113,892
Al Malagim	29,573
Al Manar	49,390
Al Mansura	114,931
Al Mansuriyah	44,744
Al Maqatirah	54,613
Al Marawi'ah	129,527
Al Mashannah	101,148
Al Masilah	10,404
Al Maslub	9,938
Al Matammah	28,935
Al Maton	28,411
Al Mawasit	115,857
Al Miftah	31,691
Al Mighlaf	39,436
Al Milah	27,636
Al Mina	91,843
Al Misrakh	112,653
Al Mualla	49,891
Al Mudhaffar	146,259
Al Mukalla	16,748
Al Mukalla City	184,635
Al Mukha	18,155
Al Munirah	37,183
Al Musaymir	26,558
Al Qabbaytah	94,516
Al Qaf	2,145
Al Qaflah	36,722
Al Qafr	103,272
Al Qahirah	149,394
Al Qanawis	72,336
Al Qatn	64,248
Al Quraishyah	29,525
Al Talh	9,404
Al Udayn	143,578
Al Wade'a	23,400
Al Wahdah	99,956
Al Wazi'iyah	75,288
Amd	20,052
Amran	96,375
An Nadirah	73,755
Anss	119,124
Arhab	90,038
Arma	10,188
Ar Radmah	76,576
Ar Rawdah	27,371
Ar Raydah Wa Qusayar	45,180
Ar Rujum	75,708
Ar Ryashyyah	22,842
Ash Shaghadirah	48,746
Ash Shahil	32,548
Ash Shaikh Outhman	105,248
Ash Sha'ir	39,805
Ash Shamayatayn	26,790
Ash Sharyah	33,873
Ash Shihr	73,482
Ash Shu'ayb	38,261
Aslem	49,227
As Sabain	311,203
As Sabrah	69,872
As Saddah	82,502
Assafi'yah	109,109
As Safra	50,845
As Said	35,034
As Salafiyah	82,540
As Salif	6,343
As Sawadiyah	26,763
As Sawd	25,892
As Sawm	12,666
As Sawma'ah	44,873
As Sayyani	110,515
As Silw	152,486
As Sudah	32,169
As Sukhnah	59,652
Ataq	37,315
Ath'thaorah	170,145
At Taffah	27,692
At Tahrir	66,898
At Ta'iziyah	109,814
Attawahi	52,984
At Tawilah	58,862
At Tuhayat	67,660
Attyal	36,253
Az Zahir	25,704
Az Zahir	24,065
Az'zal	115,054
Az Zaydiyah	95,048
Az Zuhrah	138,045
Ba'dan	116,045
Bajil	169,884
Bakil Al Mir	21,701
Bani Al Awam	52,222
Bani Al Harith	184,509
Bani Dhabyan	16,262
Bani Hushaysh	73,957
Bani Matar	100,012
Bani Qa'is	54,272
Bani Sa'd	59,015
Bani Suraim	32,698
Baqim	22,965
Bart Al Anan	59,463
Bayhan	48,347
Bayt Al Faqiah	241,300
Bidbadah	18,214
Bilad Ar Rus	31,259
Bilad At Ta'am	31,143
Brom Mayfa	17,327
Bura	45,116
Craiter	76,723
Damt	60,944
Dar Sad	79,712
Daw'an	43,836
Dawran Aness	121,553
Dhamar City	175,159
Dhar	9,927
Dhi As Sufal	163,019
Dhi Bin	30,799
Dhi Na'im	25,759
Dhubab	35,054
Dimnat	49,832
Far Al Udayn	89,011
Ghamr	19,718
Ghayl Ba Wazir	48,831
Ghayl Bin Yamin	28,120
Habban	29,846
Habil Jabr	41,474
Habur Zulaymah	39,334
Hagr As Sai'ar	2,474
Hajjah	29,533
Hajjah City	53,887
Hajr	25,566
Halimayn	27,871
Hamdan	85,370
Harad	93,523
Harf Sufyan	42,480
Harib	33,663
Harib Al Qaramish	8,573
Hat	2,786
Hatib	13,335
Hawf	5,143
Haydan	60,331
Hayfan	171,315
Hayran	15,491
Hays	45,436
Hazm Al Udayn	79,483
Hidaybu	34,011
Hubaysh	105,998
Hufash	37,884
Huraidhah	18,684
Huswain	11,130
Huth	22,267
Ibb	143,641
Iyal Surayh	54,015
Jabal Ash Sharq	62,034
Jabal Habashy	24,544
Jabal Iyal Yazid	84,393
Jabal Murad	10,280
Jabal Ra's	44,674
Jahaf	22,897
Jahran	86,590
Jardan	16,270
Jayshan	14,800
Jiblah	112,481
Jihanah	50,747
Juban	42,397
Kamaran	2,465
Khabb wa ash Sha'af	80,193
Khamir	73,225
Khanfir	109,044
Kharab Al Marashi	63,532
Kharif	45,977
Khayran Al Muharraq	68,707
Khur Maksar	47,044
Khwlan	28,925
Kitaf wa Al Boqe'e	43,034
Ku'aydinah	69,332
Kuhlan Affar	40,333
Kuhlan Ash Sharaf	44,760
Kushar	74,176
Kusmah	74,622
Lawdar	88,155
Ma'ain	265,469
Mabyan	50,732
Maghirib Ans	53,261
Mahliyah	9,156
Majz	68,598
Majzar	10,477
Manakhah	78,932
Man'ar	5,388
Maqbanah	62,471
Marib	39,495
Marib City	32,143
Mashra'a Wa Hadnan	109,533
Maswar	38,432
Maswarah	7,038
Mawiyah	129,765
Mawza	119,818
Mayfa'a	41,597
Mayfa'at Anss	60,854
Mazhar	64,661
Medghal	10,654
Merkhah Al Ulya	32,278
Merkhah As Sufla	40,635
Midi	16,604
Milhan	89,224
Monabbih	51,823
Mudhaykhirah	77,835
Mudiyah	34,879
Mukayras	41,515
Mustaba	42,531
Najrah	35,942
Na'man	9,252
Nati'	13,604
Nihm	41,502
Nisab	42,050
Old City	63,398
Qa'atabah	91,206
Qafl Shamer	50,439
Qarah	30,641
Qatabir	22,658
Qishn	11,441
Qulensya Wa Abd Al Kuri	10,109
Rada'	56,382
Radfan	45,570
Radman Al Awad	20,150
Raghwan	4,391
Rahabah	7,441
Rajuzah	73,723
Rakhyah	8,715
Rasad	54,825
Raydah	46,631
Razih	62,915
Rudum	23,244
Rumah	6,357
Sa'adah	58,695
Sabah	27,472
Sabir Al Mawadim	100,254
Sa'fan	33,722
Sah	24,146
Sahar	133,060
Salh	198,169
Sama	41,464
Sanhan	80,399
Saqayn	52,521
Sarar	15,093
Sayhut	11,746
Sayun	102,409
Shada'a	11,202
Shahan	3,152
Shaharah	43,738
Shara'b Ar Rawnah	186,955
Shara'b As Salam	146,650
Sharas	15,707
Shibam	48,829
Shibam Kawkaban	39,163
Shu'aub	213,939
Sibah	15,996
Sirwah	19,939
Suwayr	20,854
Tarim	100,617
Thamud	4,402
Thula	40,971
Tuban	83,444
Tur Al Bahah	47,426
Usaylan	31,518
Utmah	145,284
Wadhrah	10,928
Wadi Al Ayn	28,474
Wald Rabi'	19,427
Washhah	62,617
Wusab Al Ali	164,223
Wusab As Safil	149,531
Yabuth	9,862
Yafa'a	75,014
Yahr	37,148
Yarim	175,014
Zabid	155,585
Zamakh wa Manwakh	1,505
Zingibar	25,524

Population: 2004-12 census, final results.

Source - http://www.statoids.com/yye.html

Arabia Felix

Arabia Felix (literally: Fertile/Happy Arabia; also Ancient Greek: Εὐδαίμων Ἀραβία, Eudaemon Arabia) was the Latin name previously used by geographers to describe South Arabia, or what is now Yemen.

Etymology

One etymology derives Yemen from yamin, meaning "on the right side", as the south is on the right when facing the sunrise. Another derives Yemen from yumn, meaning "felicity", as much of the country is fertile. The Romans called it Arabia Felix (Happy Arabia) as opposed to Arabia Deserta (Deserted Arabia). Yemen was mentioned in Old South Arabian inscriptions as Yamnat. In Arabic literature, the term Al-Yaman includes much greater territory than that of the republic of Yemen; it stretches from northern Asir to Dhofar.

Jat History

The studies of Quzi Athar Mubarakpuri also bring to light that the Jats did not remain confined to Persia. They got settlement in different Parts of Arab land, which was under the Persian rule in those days. The Arab geographers testified that fact that in the coastal region of the Persian Gulf from Ubullah to Bahrain they had many pockets of their population and that they engaged themselves in different kind of work including cattle breeding. , It is also confirmed by the Arab historians that in pre Islamic period their largest concentration was found in Ubullah, a fertile and pleasant place near the city of Basrah. Their second big settlement was in Bahrain where they had been residing in large numbers prior to the period of the prophet (SAW) as we are informed by Al-Baladhuri and other historians In the same way, there are clear evidences for their settlement in Yemen before the advent of Islam and their important role in socio- political life of those days Yemen. In the times of pious Caliphs when Persia and many parts of the Arab region (previously ruled by Persian and Roman Kings) came under the Muslim army and a number of them got converted to Islam also. It is confirmed by different historical and geographical works, as cited by Maulana Mubarakpuri that they had settled in large number in Antioc and coastal town of Syria under the patronage of the pious and Umayyad caliphate (Khilafat-e-Rashidah and Banu Umayyab) ,

It is very interesting that we come to know through the studies of Maulana Mubarakpuri that the Jats residing in Bahrain, Yemen and other coastal regions in a large number had influenced the local Arabs by their language to such extent that the latter lost the originality and eloquence of their language. For the same reason the language of the people of the tribes of Banu Abd Qais and Azd was declared to be diluted and unauthentic due to their mingling and frequent interaction with Persian and Indian people. ,

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions.... Charax is a city situate at the furthest extremity of the Arabian Gulf, at which begins the more prominent portion of Arabia Felix:⁵⁰ it is built on an artificial elevation, having the Tigris on the right, and the Eulæus on the left, and lies on a piece of ground three miles in extent, just between the confluence of those streams. It was first founded by Alexander the Great, with colonists from the royal city of Durine, which was then destroyed, and such of his soldiers as were invalided and left behind. By his order it was to be called Alexandria, and a borough called Pella, from his native place, was to be peopled solely by Macedonians; the city, however, was destroyed by inundations of the rivers. Antiochus⁵¹, the fifth king of Syria, afterwards rebuilt this place and called it by his own name; and on its being again destroyed, Pasines, the son of Saggonadacus, and king of the neighbouring Arabians, whom Juba has incorrectly described as a satrap of king Antiochus, restored it, and raised embankments for its protection, calling it after himself. These embankments extended in length a distance of nearly three miles, in breadth a little less. It stood at first at a distance of ten stadia from the shore, and even had a harbour⁵² of its own. But according to Juba, it is fifty miles from the sea; and at the present day, the ambassadors from Arabia, and our own merchants who have visited the place, say that it stands at a distance of one hundred and twenty miles from the sea-shore. Indeed, in no part of the world have alluvial deposits been formed more rapidly by the rivers, and to a greater extent than here; and it is only a matter of surprise that the tides, which run to a considerable distance beyond this city, do not carry them back again. At this place was born Dionysius⁵³, the most recent author of a description of the world; he was sent by the late emperor Augustus to gather all necessary information in the East, when his eldest⁵⁴ son was about to set out for Armenia to take the command against the Parthians and Arabians.

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50 Called "Eudemon" by Pliny.

51 The Great, the father of Antiochus Epiphanes.

52 Though this passage is probably corrupt, the reading employed by Sillig is inadmissible, as it makes nothing but nonsense. "Et jam Vip sanda porticus habet;" "and even now, Vipsanda has its porticos."

53 Dionysius of Charax. No particulars of him are known beyond those mentioned by Pliny.

54 Caius, the son of Marcus Agrippa and Julia, the daughter of Augustus. He was the adopted son of Augustus.

यमन

यमन (अरबी भाषा: اليَمَن अल-यमन) मध्यपूर्व एशिया का एक देश है, जो अरब प्रायद्वीप में दक्षिण पश्चिम में स्थित है। 2 करोड़ वाली आबादी वाले देश यमन की सीमा उत्तर में सऊदी अरब, पश्चिम में लाल सागर, दक्षिण में अरब सागर और अदन की खाड़ी और पूर्व में ओमान से मिलती है। यमन की भौगोलिक सीमा में लगभग 200 से ज्यादा द्वीप भी शामिल हैं, जिनमें सोकोत्रा द्वीप सबसे बड़ा है।

यमन अरब प्रायद्वीप के दक्षिण-पश्चिमी कोने पर स्थित एक स्वतंत्र राष्ट्र है। इसके केवल तीन और अंकित सीमा है तथा पूर्व की ओर निर्घारित नहीं है। पश्चिमी सीमा पर 300 मील की लंबाई में लाल सागर फैला हैं। यह एक पहाड़ी देश है। इसके उतर-पूर्व में रूब-एल-खाली मरूस्थल हैं। यहाँ 4000 से 1000 फुट ऊॅचे उपजाऊ पठार भी हैं। यहाँ कई नदियाँ (वादी) बहती हैं, जिनमें उतर में वादी नजरान तथा दक्षिण में रुब अल-ख़ाली तथा हदरामौत (Hadramawt) बहती हैं। यहाँ जनवरी का ताप 14 डिग्री सें० तथा गरम जून मास का ताप 22 डिग्री सें० रहता हैं। उच्च प्रदेशों पर 16 इंच वर्षा होती हैं। यहाँ धूल के तूफान अधिक चला करते हैं। वनस्पति में बबूल, खजूर तथा फलों के पेड़ प्रमुख हैं। यद्यपि यहाँ शुष्क वन अधिक मिलते हैं, फिर भी ऐल्पाइन गुलाब, बालम (गुल मेंहदी) तथा तुलसी के पौधे पठरों तथा वादियों के किनारे मिलते हैं। जीवजंतुओं में बबून, हरिण (gazelle), तेंदुए, पहाड़ी खरगोश आदि प्रमुंख हैं। पक्षियों में गिद्ध, सारस, बगुला, तोता, हॉर्नबिल, चटखोरा आदि मिलते हैं।

यहाँ की राजधानी साना है। अन्य प्रमुख नगर ताइज़ (Ta'izz), अल-हुदैदाह (al Hudaydah), बैत अल-फकीह (Bayt al Faqih) हैं। अरबी यहाँ की प्रमुख भाषा है। यहाँ का धर्म इस्लाम है। केवल ५% भूमि पर कृषि की जाती है। उच्च प्रदेश प्रमुख कृषिस्थल हैं। शुष्क कृषि में कॉफी का स्थान अति प्राचीन कल से प्रमुख है। काट (Qat) की पैदावार तेजी से कॉफी का स्थान ले रही है। फलों में सेब, खूबानी, केला, कई प्रकार के अंगूर, नीबू, आडू, नारंगी तथा कई प्रकार के तरबूज अधिक उगाए जाते हैं। बादाम तथा अन्य काष्ठफल भी उगते हैं। जौ, जई, कम्मा, ज्वार, बाजरा, धान, तिल तथा सोरघम का खाद्यान्नों में प्रमुख स्थान है। पठारों तथा समुद्री तटों पर गेहूँ भी उगाया जाता है। खनिजों में नमक तथा चूने के पत्थर का स्थान प्रमुख है।