Al-Jiraf
Introduction '''Al-Jiraf''' ( ), also transliterated as '''al-Juraf''', is a small village in Ath'thaorah District of Amanat al-Asimah Governorate, Yemen. It is located 5 km north of the old city of Sanaa.
الجراف الخاصة ل محمد شاكر According to Hermann von Wissmann, al-Jiraf is named after a tribe mentioned in Himyaritic inscriptions.
History The 10th-century author al-Hamdani described al-Jiraf as marking the start of Hashid territory north of Sanaa. Its period of greatest historical importance was during the 1500s, when it served as the capital of al-Mutawakkil Yahya Sharaf ad-Din, who was Imam of Yemen from 1505 to 1558.
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