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

Zabid District
مُدِيْرِيَّة زَبِيد
District
Country Yemen
GovernorateAl Hudaydah
Population
 (2003)
 • Total155,585
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Overview


The Yemeni Sufi Sheikh Isma'il al-Jabarti of the Qadiriyyah order is buried in the Zabid District.[1][2] The father of Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti (Darod), the progenitor of the Somali Darod clan, Isma'il al-Jabarti's tomb is situated in the ancient local town of Bab Siham. His grave is a popular place of pilgrimage.[1][3]


Demographics


As of 2003, the district had a population of 155,585 inhabitants.[4]


References


  1. I. M. Lewis, A pastoral democracy: a study of pastoralism and politics among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa, (LIT Verlag Münster: 1999), p.131.
  2. Rima Berns-McGown, Muslims in the diaspora, (University of Toronto Press: 1999), pp.27-28
  3. Islam in Somali History Fact and Fiction revisited , the Arab Factor
  4. "Districts of Yemen". Statoids. Retrieved October 20, 2010.


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