Ḥarīb

Harib lies in a valley south of Marib, where watercourses descend from the eastern Yemeni highlands toward the sands of Ramlat al-Sab'atayn. Fields and villages occupy the banks of the wadis, whose floods carry alluvial soil from the mountains. At the meeting of Wadi Harib and Wadi Ayn stood the ancient Qatabanian town of Haribat, commanding a caravan route between Bayhan and Marib. Stone walls and inscriptions bear witness to the older settlements of this valley.