Zabid 738355 203094492 2008-04-03T18:15:09Z SilvonenBot 6351353 robot Adding: [[fi:Zabid]] {{Infobox World Heritage Site | WHS = Historic Town of Zabid | Image = [[Image:Zabid, Yemen.jpg|240px|]] | State Party = {{YEM}} | Type = Cultural | Criteria = ii, iv, vi | ID = 611 | Region = [[Arab States]] | Year = 1993 | Session = 17th | Danger = 2000- | Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/611 }} '''Zabid''' ({{lang-ar|زبيد}}) (also spelled '''Zebid''') is a town with an urban population of around 23,000 persons<ref>World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Zabid Joint Monitoring Mission, 17th - 26th January 2007</ref> on [[Yemen]]'s western coastal plain. The town, named after [[Wadi]] Zabid the wadi to its south, is one of the oldest towns in Yemen, it was the capital of Yemen from the 13th to the 15th century and a center of the [[Arab]] and [[Muslim]] world due in large part to its famed [[University of Zabid]] and being a center of Islamic education. It was the capital of the [[Ziyadid dynasty]] from [[819]]&ndash;[[1018]] and the [[Najahid dynasty]] from [[1022]]&ndash;[[1158]].<ref>"Najahid Dynasty." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 14 Apr. 2006 <http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9054701>.</ref> Today, however, it is at the intellectual and economic margins of modern Yemen.<ref>Eickelman, Dale F. "The Middle East and Central Asia." (Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River: 2002)</ref> Zabid has been declared a [[World Heritage Site]] by the [[UNESCO]]. Its Great Mosque occupies a prominent place in the town. The vestiges of its university can also be visited. In [[2000]], Zabid was listed on the [[List of World Heritage Sites in danger|List of World Heritage in Danger]]; the listing was made on the behest of the Yemeni government due to a state of poor upkeep and conservation. == References == <references/> ==External links== *[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/611 UNESCO World Heritage Site listing] *[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9078175/Zabid Encyclopaedia Britannica, Zabid] {{Yemen-geo-stub}} {{coor title dm|14|12|N|43|19|E|region:YE_type:city_source:enwiki-GNS}} [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Yemen]] [[Category:World Heritage Sites in Yemen]] [[ca:Zabid]] [[cs:Zabid]] [[de:Medina von Zabid]] [[es:Zabid]] [[fr:Zabid]] [[it:Zabid]] [[he:זביד]] [[nl:Zabid]] [[ja:ザビード]] [[pl:Zabid]] [[pt:Cidade Histórica de Zabid]] [[ro:Zabid]] [[fi:Zabid]] [[sv:Zabid]]