Ẓafār
settlement · 30 BC – 2100 AD
This ancient settlement, located in the southern highlands of modern Yemen, was the capital of the Ḥimyarite tribal confederacy from the third to the sixth centuries of the modern era.
- Coordinates
- 14.21170, 44.40079
- Also known as
- Saphar, Sapphar (la), Sapphar (la), Tafra, Tapharon, Tarphara
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)