Artil

Artil أرتل
Village
Artil Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 15.25087°N 44.20353°E / 15.25087; 44.20353[1]
Country	Yemen
Governorate	Amran
District	Huth
Elevation [1]	7,799 ft (2,377 m)
Time zone	UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Artil (Arabic: أرتل Artil) is a village in Sanhan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.[1] It is located 2km due south of Bayt Baws.[2]

Name

According to A.B.D.R. Eagle, Artil is "manifestly the modern pronunciation" of the name; it is vocalized Artul in the Sīrat of Ali ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi, and this may be the older pronunciation of the name.[2]

History

The first known mention of is in the Ghāyat al-amānī, by Yahya ibn al-Husayn,[3] which says that during Shawwal of 290 AH (August-September 903), Ali ibn al-Husay Khuftum, the former Abbasid governor of Sanaa, stayed at Artil for six days before being taken captive here and then imprisoned at Bayt Baws.[2] According to Robert T.O. Wilson, Artil was used as "a base for movements against Sanaa rather than a fortifiable and defensible position" during this period.[3]

References

1. "Geonames.org. Artil". Retrieved 5 February 2021.
2. 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. 88, 191, 199. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
3. Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. p. 89. Retrieved 5 February 2021.