Al-Sahul

Al-Saḥūl (Arabic: وادي السحول‎) is both a town and a wadi located between the city of Ibb and al-Makhadir District in Ibb Governorate, Yemen. It was known as Mikhlaf as-Saḥūl. Al-Sahul was called Miṣr al-Yaman because of its wealth on corn. It is famous for its white cotton clothes, the Saḥūlīyya or Saḥūlī.[1][2] According to Hadith, the Islamic prophet Muhammad was "shrouded in three Saḥūlī white cotton garments none of which was a long shirt or turban."[3][4][1] According to the British orientalist James Heyworth-Dunne, As-Saḥūl was known globally by its "exquisite striped cloaks".[5]

Al-Sahul region

The As-Saḥūl Valley is inhabited by Sharʿab tribe, Waḥaḍah tribe and clans of al-Kalaʿ.[6]

Mikhlaf As-Saḥūl had other names like "Mikhlaf Ja'far" after Ja'far al-Manakhi, the founder of the Manakhis Emirate, and as Mikhlaf al-Kalaʿ.[6]

References
  1. Donzel, E. van (2012-04-24). "al-Saḥūl". Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition.
  2. Lamm, Carl Johan (1937). Cotton in Mediaeval Textiles of the Near East. P. Geuthner.
  3. Lecker, Michael (January 1998). Jews and Arabs in Pre- and Early Islamic Arabia. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-86078-784-6.
  4. Bulliet, Richard W. (2011). Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in World History. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-14837-5.
  5. Heyworth-Dunne, J (1952). Al-Yemen: a general social, political & economic survey. p. 54. OCLC 2997076.
  6. الهمدانى, ابى محمد الحسن بن احمد بن يعقوب (1990). صفة جزيرة العرب (in Arabic). ktab INC. p. 201.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.