Historical place profile
Zabida
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.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:39439
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:39439
- Place type
- settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 14.195270, 43.315773
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
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.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 4 B3 Zabida
Source and reuse
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Research path
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