Matnah

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| subdivision_name1 = Sanaa

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| subdivision_name2 = Bani Matar

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Matnah ({{langx|ar|مَتْنَة}}) is a small village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Robert T.O. |title=Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen |date=1989 |publisher=Georg Olms AG |location=Germany |page=292 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SnMrAAAAMAAJ |access-date=9 February 2021}} Located to the southeast of Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb, it serves as a stopping place on the road between Sanaa and Al-Hudaydah.

History

The earliest known mention of Matnah in historical sources is in 1275 (674 AH). It had a reservoir, mentioned in the Ghayat al-Amani of Yahya ibn Al-Husayn, as well as in a manuscript by Muhammad ibn Salah al-Sharafi.

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