Shibam city

[الدكتور أحمد باذيب]

Shibam city

It is called Ad-Doumna or Safra’a, and is located in the middle of wadi Hadhramout at the rowest point of it by a road bifurcate

On a hill 30m higher than the Wadi level. Shibam is 19km from Seiyoun on the paved road leading to Mukalla. Shibam was built on the ruins of an ancient city of Hadhramout. The natives of Old Shabwa settled in Shibam after the destruction of their city. There is similarity between the two names. The city had been the most important market in Hadhramout and a significant administrative center for many centuries up to the 16 century AD. It has been destroyed by floods several times, most recently in 1532.

Shibam looks, from a distance, like an imposing castle with its lofty houses, some of which are 8 floors high, forming close blocks separated by lanes and squares. There are about 500 houses built of straw reinforced mud bricks, the houses are almost equal in height. Some women of the city visit their neighbors across skywalks from one rooftop to another in order to save time and effort. Some houses dates back hundreds of years. The city has one gate, which was last maintained in 1909.

The city was visited by pioneering European travelers who called it the Manhattan of the desert. UNESCO placed Shibam on its Human Patrimony list and , in 1984, announced an international campaign for its protection. Shibam is the most beautiful Yemenite city after Old Sana’a.

The Most Important Features of Shibam Hadhramout

- The great Mosque, built in the era of the Abbaside Caliph Haroun Al-Rasheed in the early 10th century AD.

- The historical Fort of Shibam: which was built by Bin Mahdi during the early 13th century. AD. And the city wall dating back to the 17th century AD.

[abu iman]

It's right that Shibam has one gate at the front but I think that there are also
( small entrances at each side of the city called (al maslaf
which allow the farmers reach directly to their farms where Shibam
is surrounded with
thank you

[attila]

Shibam .. the oldest Sky-scrapers city on earth .. 500 yrs old

[السباخ]

Shibam Partof Me
Keeping On And Give Us More About It.

[aljohery.com]

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[YemenihoneY]

Thank you ....