Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Town of Zabid' has mentioned 'Town' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| Town in Al Hudaydah Governorate, Yemen | WIKI |
| Zabid xd8xb2xd9x8exd8xa8xd9x90xd9x8axd8xafTownClockwise from top: Citadel Zabid skyline, Al-Iskanderiya or Citadel Mosque, Administration building within the citadel, architecture pattern, historic townZabidLocation in YemenCoordinates: 14xc2xb012xe2x80xb2N 43xc2xb019xe2x80xb2Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf14.200xc2xb0N 43.317xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 14.200; 43.317Countryxc2xa0YemenGovernorateAl Hudaydah GovernorateDistrictZabidTime zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficialxc2xa0nameHistoric Town of ZabidCriteriaCultural:xc2xa0(ii), (iv), (vi)Reference611Inscription1993 (17th session)Endangered2000xe2x80x93... | WIKI |
| Zabid (Arabic: xd8xb2xd9x8exd8xa8xd9x90xd9x8axd8xafxe2x80x8e) (also spelled Zabxc4xabd, Zabeed and Zebid) is a town with an urban population of around 52,590 people on Yemen's western coastal plain. | WIKI |
| The town was the capital of Yemen from the 13th to the 15th century. | WIKI |
| The town, named after Wadi Zabid, the wadi (or valley) to its south, is one of the oldest towns in Yemen. | WIKI |
| Abu Musa Ashaari, one of the Prophet Muhammads companions, came originally from Zabid, and had the Great Mosque of the town built in 628 AD, also still during the Prophet's life. | WIKI |
| [8] Zabid's Great Mosque occupies a prominent place in the town. | WIKI |
| It is a circular fortified town with four remaining gates, which was supplied with water by extensive canals. | UNESCO |
| The core of the town is its first mosque, Asa'ir. | UNESCO |
| The Great Mosque lies to the west of the town to which spread the souq. | UNESCO |
| A network of narrow alleys spreads over the town and its vernacular buildings, typical of the southern Arabian Peninsula, give the town outstanding visual qualities. | UNESCO |
| Around the town are cemeteries, notably the one to the north-west with a mosque, a well and shady trees. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ii): Zabid is of outstanding archaeological and historical interest for its domestic and military architecture and for its urban plan (the only city in Yemen to be built harmonizing the typical Islamic town's layout with the central mosque and souq, together with houses providing privacy). | UNESCO |
| Criterion (vi): The Historic Town of Zabid is strongly linked with the history of the spread of Islam in the early years of Hijra as demonstrated in the archaeological remains within the Alash'ar Mosque, associated with Al-Alash'ari, one of the Prophet Mohammad's companions, who built it to become the fifth mosque in Islam. | UNESCO |
| Besides being the capital of Yemen from the 13th to the 15th centuries, the town played an important role in the Arab and Muslim world for many centuries in view of its being one of the significant centres spreading Islamic knowledge. | UNESCO |
| The Historic Town of Zabid is protected by the Antiquities Law of 1973. | UNESCO |