Al Ashmur

Al Ashmur (Arabic: الأشمور, romanized: al-Ashmūr) is an 'uzlah in Amran District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen.

[1][2] It is located in the highlands west of 'Amran and south of Jabal Iyal Yazid.

[2] This southern route was historically used by armies on occasion, as mentioned in sources such as the Ghayat al-amani of Yahya ibn al-Husyan.

[2] The first mention of al-Ashmur in that source is in the year 918 (306 AH).

[2] According to Hermann von Wissmann, al-Ashmur may take its name from the ruin site of Shamr.