Zabid district

Zabid District
مُدِيْرِيَّة زَبِيد
Zabid District ; مُدِيْرِيَّة زَبِيد
District
	Interactive map of Zabid District ; مُدِيْرِيَّة زَبِيد
Country	Yemen
Governorate	Al Hudaydah
Population (2003)
• Total	155,585
Time zone	UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

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

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 2 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.
↑ Rima Berns-McGown, Muslims in the diaspora, (University of Toronto Press: 1999), pp.27-28
↑ "Islam in Somali History Fact and Fiction revisited, the Arab Factor". Archived from the original on 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
↑ "Districts of Yemen". Statoids. Retrieved October 20, 2010.

14°10′N 43°15′E / 14.167°N 43.250°E / 14.167; 43.250

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[Lewisapd-1] 1 2 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.

[McGown-2] Rima Berns-McGown, Muslims in the diaspora, (University of Toronto Press: 1999), pp.27-28

[Daud-3] "Islam in Somali History Fact and Fiction revisited, the Arab Factor". Archived from the original on 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2011-06-19.

[4] "Districts of Yemen". Statoids. Retrieved October 20, 2010.

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