Zabida
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.T. Potts Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: D.T. Potts Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Mar 31, 2026 09:38 AM
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History
The historical town of Zabid in Yemen is noted for its architecture. It served as the capital of Yemen from the 13th to the 15th century and played an important role in the Arab and Muslim world for many centuries because of its Islamic university.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39439
14.1952705, 43.315773
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 3727 (AD 300 - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Zabid (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 4 B3 Zabida
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Zabid YEM
Zabid, Yemen, was enrolled as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993.
D.T. Potts, DARMC, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Zabida: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39439> [accessed: 12 May 2026]
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