Mudhaykhirah
Sign in to saveMudhaykhirah () is a village in southwestern Yemen. It is administratively a part of the Mudhaykhirah subdistrict in Mudhaykhirah District, Ibb Governorate. The village had a population of 1,245 according to the 2004 census.
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- Yemen
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- Mudhaykhirah District
- Population
- 1245
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Mudhaykhirah () is a village in southwestern Yemen. It is administratively a part of the Mudhaykhirah subdistrict in Mudhaykhirah District, Ibb Governorate. The village had a population of 1,245 according to the 2004 census.
==History== Various accounts are given regarding the origins of Mudhaykirah. According to Umara ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Yamani, the town was founded by a mawla of the Ziyadid dynasty in the ninth century; Baha al-Din al-Janadi, on the other hand, claims that it was built by a member of the Banu Manakh, who conquered the area during the reign of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun ().
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