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Jibla or Jiblah ( ar, جِبْلَة, links=no) may refer to: * Jibla, Kuwait, a historic area of Kuwait City * Jibla, Yemen, a town in south-western Yemen, close to Ibb See also * Jableh ) , settlement_type = City , motto = , image_skyline = Jableh Collage.jpg , imagesize = 250px , image_caption = General view of city and port • Roman Amphitheater• Al ...

Jibla, Kuwait
Jibla ( Kuwaiti ar, جِبْلَة, Jibla, from ''Qibla'' ) is a historic area of Kuwait City Kuwait City ( ar, مدينة الكويت) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economical centre of the emirate, .... It is one of Kuwait's oldest neighbourhoods, although most pre-oil buildings were demolished. The area forms the bulk of the core of modern-day Kuwait City, along with Sharq, Mirgab, and Dasman. References External links Kuwait City {{kuwait-geo-stub ...
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Jibla, Yemen
Jiblah ( ar, جِبْلَة) is a town in south-western Yemen, south, south-west of Ibb in the governorate of the same name. It is located at the elevation of around , near Jabal At-Taʿkar (). The town and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List due to its purported universal cultural value. The historical Palace of Queen Arwa is located in the town. History Following the assassination of the Sulayhid 'Ali ibn Muhammad in 1067 CE, Arwa al-Sulayhi's husband Ahmad became the ''de jure'' ruler of Yemen, but he was unable to rule, being paralysed and bedridden. He gave all of his power to Arwa, one of her first actions was to move the capital from Sana'a to Jibla, in order to be in a better position to destroy Sa'id ibn Najar, and thus avenge her father-in-law's death. This she managed to do by luring him into a trap in 1088. She built a new palace at Jibla, and transformed the old palace into a great mosque where she was eventually buried.M ...
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