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Zabid, the Glossary

Zabid (زَبِيد) (also spelled Zabīd, Zabeed and Zebid) is a town with an urban population of around 52,590 people, located on Yemen's western coastal plain.^[1]

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Archaeological sites in Yemen
Populated places in Al Hudaydah Governorate
World Heritage Sites in Yemen

Abu Musa al-Ash'ari

Abu Musa Abd Allah ibn Qays al-Ash'ari (Abū Mūsā ʿAbd Allāh ibn Qays al-Ashʿarī), better known as Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī.) (died c. 662 or 672) was a companion of Muhammad and an important figure in early Islamic history.

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Aden

Aden (Old South Arabian: 𐩲𐩵𐩬) is a port city located in Yemen in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, positioned near the eastern approach to the Red Sea.

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Al Hudaydah Governorate

Al Hudaydah (Al Ḥudaida) is a governorate of Yemen.

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Al-Asha'ir Mosque

The Al-Asha'ir Mosque (جامع الأشاعر or), is an ancient mosque in the historic city of Zabid, Yemen, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Al-Mutawakkil Ahmad ibn Sulayman

Al-Mutawakkil Ahmad bin Sulayman (1106–1171) was an imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen who revived the polity after a long interregnum, wielding power in 1138–1171.

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Ali al-Sulayhi

Ali bin Muhammad bin Ali al-Sulayhi was the founder and sultan of the Sulayhid dynasty in Yemen.

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Arabian Peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula (شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَة الْعَرَبِيَّة,, "Arabian Peninsula" or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب,, "Island of the Arabs"), or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate.

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Asma bint Shihab

Asma Bint Shihab al-Sulayhiyya (died 1087) was the queen and co-ruler of Yemen in co-regency with her cousin and spouse, Ali al-Sulayhi, and later her son Ahmad al-Mukkaram, and daughter-in-law, Arwa al-Sulayhi, from 1047 until 1087.

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Ayyubid dynasty

The Ayyubid dynasty (الأيوبيون; Eyûbiyan), also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt.

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British people

British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.

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Companions of the Prophet

The Companions of the Prophet (lit) were the disciples and followers of Muhammad who saw or met him during his lifetime, while being a Muslim and were physically in his presence.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Fatema Mernissi

Fatema Mernissi (Fāṭima Marnīsī; 27 September 1940 – 30 November 2015) was a Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist.

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Governorates of Yemen

Yemen is divided into twenty-one governorates (muhafazah) and one municipality (amanah): Notes: a - Also known as Sanaa City, it is not part of any federal region b - Socotra Governorate was created in December 2013 from parts of the Hadhramaut Governorate, data included there The governorates are subdivided into 333 districts (muderiah), which are subdivided into 1,996 sub-districts, and then into 40,793 villages and 88,817 sub villages (as of 2013).

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Great Mosque of Zabid

The Great Mosque of Zabid is a historic congregational mosque in the old city of Zabid, Yemen.

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Hadım Suleiman Pasha

Hadım (Eunuch) Suleiman Pasha (خادمسلیمان پاشا; Hadım Süleyman Paşa; 1467 – September 1547) was an Ottoman statesman and military commander of Greek descent.

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Hajj

Hajj (translit; also spelled Hadj, Haj or Haji) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims.

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History of Islam

The history of Islam concerns the political, social, economic, military, and cultural developments of the Islamic civilization.

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Homosexuality

Homosexuality is sexual attraction, romantic attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.

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Imams of Yemen

The Imams of Yemen, later also titled the Kings of Yemen, were religiously consecrated leaders (imams) belonging to the Zaidi branch of Shia Islam.

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Indigofera tinctoria

Indigofera tinctoria, also called true indigo, is a species of plant from the bean family that was one of the original sources of indigo dye.

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List of districts of Yemen

The governorates of Yemen are divided into 333 districts (as of 2019) (mudīriyyā).

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List of World Heritage in Danger

The List of World Heritage in Danger is compiled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) through the World Heritage Committee according to Article 11.4 of the World Heritage Convention,Full title: Convention concerning the protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage which was established in 1972 to designate and manage World Heritage Sites. Zabid and List of World Heritage in Danger are world Heritage Sites in Danger.

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Mahdids

The Mahdids (Banī Mahdī) were a dynasty in Yemen who briefly held power in the period between 1159 and 1174.

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Mecca

Mecca (officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam.

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Mohammad Abdul-Wali

Mohammad Abdul-Wali (November 12, 1939 – April 30, 1973) was a Yemeni diplomat and a prominent writer of Yemeni-Ethiopian descent.

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Muhammad

Muhammad (570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam.

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Najahid dynasty

Najahid dynasty (بنو نجاح; Banū Najāḥ) was a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Abyssinian Mamluks that ruled parts of Yemen from 1022-1158 from its capital at Zabīd.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Rasulid dynasty

The Rasulids (Banū Rasūl) were a Sunni Muslim dynasty who ruled Yemen from 1229 to 1454.

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Sana'a: An Open City

Sana'a: An Open City (صنعاء مدينة مفتوحة) is a short novel by Yemeni author Mohammad Abdul-Wali.

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Sanaa

Sanaa (صَنْعَاء,, Yemeni Arabic:; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 Ṣnʿw), also spelled Sana'a and Sana, is the capital and largest city of Yemen and the capital of the Sanaa Governorate. Zabid and Sanaa are Archaeological sites in Yemen and world Heritage Sites in Yemen.

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Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war

On 26 March 2015, Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of nine countries from West Asia and North Africa, launched an intervention in Yemen at the request of Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, who had been ousted from the capital, Sanaa, in September 2014 by Houthi insurgents during the Yemeni Civil War.

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Sulayhid dynasty

The Sulayhid dynasty (lit) was an Ismaili Shi'ite Arab dynasty established in 1047 by Ali ibn Muhammad al-Sulayhi that ruled most of historical Yemen at its peak.

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Taiz

Taiz (Taʿizz) is a city in southwestern Yemen.

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Tihamah

Tihamah or Tihama (تِهَامَةُ) is the Red Sea coastal plain of the Arabian Peninsula from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Bab el Mandeb.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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Wadi

Wadi (wādī), alternatively wād (وَاد), Maghrebi Arabic Oued) is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a river valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water only when heavy rain occurs. Arroyo (Spanish) is used in the Americas for similar landforms.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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Yemen

Yemen (al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen, is a sovereign state in West Asia.

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Yemen Eyalet

The Yemen Eyalet (إيالة اليمن; Eyālet-i Yemen) was an eyalet (province) of the Ottoman Empire.

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Yemeni civil war (2014–present)

The Yemeni civil war (al-ḥarb al-ʾahlīyah al-yamanīyah) is an ongoing multilateral civil war that began in late 2014 mainly between the Rashad al-Alimi-led Presidential Leadership Council and the Mahdi al-Mashat-led Supreme Political Council, along with their supporters and allies.

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Zabid District

Zabid District (مُدِيْرِيَّة زَبِيد) is a district of the Al Hudaydah Governorate in western Yemen.

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Ziyadid dynasty

The Ziyadid dynasty was a Muslim dynasty that ruled western Yemen from 819 until 1018 from the capital city of Zabid.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabid

Also known as Historic Town of Zabid, Wadi Zebid, Zabīd, Zebid, Zubayd.

Zabid, the Glossary

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Archaeological sites in Yemen

Populated places in Al Hudaydah Governorate

World Heritage Sites in Yemen

References