Zabid District

Zabid District
مُدِيْرِيَّة زَبِيد
Zabid District ; مُدِيْرِيَّة زَبِيد
District
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

^ ^a ^b 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
^ "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] 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

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

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