Zabid

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Zabid (

The town is one of the oldest in Yemen. It was originally a village known as al-Husayb that was inhabited by the Asha'ir tribe.[1] It later took on the name of the Wadi Zabid, the valley to its south.^[1] According to tradition, the town's early history is associated with Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who is said to have built the al-Asha'ir Mosque as the fifth mosque in the history of Islam.^[2]

The present town was created circa 820 by Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Ziyad, the founder of the

Hadım Suleiman Pasha extended the Ottoman Empire's authority to include Zabid in 1539.^[7] Zabid became the administrative headquarters of Yemen Eyalet.^[7]

Today, however, Zabid is at the intellectual and economic margins of modern Yemen.

Zabid has an urban population of around 52,590 persons. It is located on Yemen's western coastal plain, in the Tihama region.[9]

World Heritage Site

Zabid was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993.^[10] Zabid's Great Mosque occupies a prominent place in the town. The vestiges of its university can also be visited.

In 2000, Zabid was listed on the List of World Heritage in Danger; the listing was made at the behest of the Yemeni government due to a state of poor upkeep and conservation. According to a UNESCO report, roughly "40% of the city's houses have been replaced by concrete buildings, and other houses and the ancient souk are in a deteriorating state.^[11][12] The war in

The ongoing Yemeni civil war also poses a threat to Zabid's heritage. Some historic homes were damaged by coalition bombing in 2015.^[13] Further concerns were raised in 2018 as fighting drew near to the city.^[14][13]

Economy

As of 1920, Zabid was one of two places in

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  House and street in historic Zabid
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  Houses in historic Zabid
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  Al-Asha'ir Mosque, built by the late Ziyadid ruler al-Husayn ibn Salamah (r. 983–1012)^[17]
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  Al-Duwaydar Mosque, built in 1323 by a scholar or Rasulid official^[17][18]
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  Al-Iskandariya Mosque or Citadel Mosque, attributed to Iskandar Mawz (r. 1531–1536),^[17] but possibly older^[19]
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  Al-Kamiliya Mosque

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zabid.

• UNESCO World Heritage Site listing
• Encyclopædia Britannica, Zabid

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