Masyab (Arabic: مَسْيَب), also Musayyib (مُسَيِّب), is a village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.[1][2] It is located on the northeastern side of Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb.[2]
History
According to the 10th-century writer Al-Hamdani, Masyab is named after one Masyab b. Zayd b. ʿAwf b. Yarīm, of the tribe of Himyar.[2] Besides Hamdani, Masyab is mentioned by the history writer Yahya ibn Al-Husayn, as well as by Ali ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi in his narrative concerning Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya, the first Imam of Yemen.[2]
In al-Abbasi's account, Masyab is mentioned along with the nearby village of Mahyab as the site of a minor battle between the Yu'firids and followers of the Isma'ili missionary Ali ibn al-Fadl al-Jayshani.[3] Dhu'l-Tawq and Isa al-Yafi'i, two commanders loyal to Ali ibn Fadl, camped at Masyab and Mahyab c. 906 C.E., where they were attacked by the Yu'firid generals Ibn Jarrah and Ibn Kabalah.[3] They were defeated, although 400 of the Yu'firid soldiers were killed in the battle, and afterwards Dhu'l Tawq betrayed and killed Isa al-Yafi'i along with some of his men.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Geonames.org. Musayyib". Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. pp. 306–7. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ a b c 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. p. 229. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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