Luluwah

Luluwah

لولوة
Luluwah لولوة
Village
	View of Luluwah from the Sanaa-Hudaydah road
	Luluwah Location in Yemen
	Coordinates: 15°23′25″N 44°04′39″E / 15.39026°N 44.07755°E
Country	Yemen
Governorate	Sanaa
District	Hamdan
Elevation	8,058 ft (2,456 m)
Time zone	UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

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Luluwah (Arabic: لولوة), also Lu'lu'ah, is a village in Hamdan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.^[1]^[2] It is located in the upper reaches of the Wadi Zahr, below Rayʽan and above the beginning of the wadi proper at Suq Bayt Naʽam.^[2] Surface water here forms a stream which flows into the Wadi Zahr at Suq Bayt Naʽam; this stream was historically known as the Ghayl Luluwah.^[2]

History

Luluwah is mentioned several times in the Ghayat al-amani of Yahya ibn al-Husayn, with the first mention being in 859 (245 AH).^[2] The same text also mentions a fort at Luluwah, although "it cannot have been a large one."^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Geonames.org. Lawlawah". Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. pp. 288–9. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

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[Geonames-1] "Geonames.org. Lawlawah". Retrieved 1 March 2021.

[Gazetteer-2] Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. pp. 288–9. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

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