Ain Balta

Ain Balta is an ancient spring, once flowing and surrounded by palm trees, set among the Aja mountains along the Shu'ayb Al Hamra and Al Jadam valleys, which drain into Wadi Al Salaf. It still exists today and is mentioned in the poetry of Imru' al-Qais, Salam ibn Amr ibn Dirma al-Ta'i and others. From Yaqut al-Hamawi's Mu'jam al-Buldan: Balta is said to be a well-known place in the two mountains of Tayyi'. It was the home of Amr ibn Dirma, with whom Imru' al-Qais ibn Hujr al-Kindi stayed as a guest seeking protection, and he said: I stayed with Amr ibn Dirma at Balta How fine a neighbour, and how generous a host Imru' al-Qais also said: Whenever I feared injustice one day I had a ravine at Balta, a refuge

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