Huraydah
Sayyid Umar ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Attas (d. 1072 AH) was the forefather of the al-Attas sayyids and one of the great Ba-Alawi masters of his time. He lived at…
Sayyid Umar ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Attas (d. 1072 AH) was the forefather of the al-Attas sayyids and one of the great Ba-Alawi masters of his time. He lived at Huraydah in Wadi Amd, which grew into a centre of learning around him. Sayyid Abu Bakr ibn Abdullah al-Attas, a later scholar of the family, is buried in the same complex. The graves lie under a large white dome on the edge of Huraydah, with carved wooden covers and green cloths over them, and the red cliffs of Wadi Amd behind. The town is visited for its annual gathering in his memory.