Zabid District ( ar, مُدِيْرِيَّة زَبِيد) is a

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of the

Al Hudaydah Governorate Al Hudaydah ( ar, الْحُدَيْدَة, Al Ḥudaida) is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Al Hudaydah. The governorate is also sometimes referred to as the Western Coast. This governorate borders the Red Sea and is part of the narrow Ti ...

in western

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Overview

The Yemeni

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Sheikh Isma'il al-Jabarti of the

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order is buried in the Zabid District.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.

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(Darod), the progenitor of the Somali

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clan, Isma'il al-Jabarti's tomb is situated in the ancient local town of Bab Siham. His grave is a popular place of

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Demographics

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

References

Districts of Al Hudaydah Governorate {{Yemen-geo-stub