Zabid district

Zabid District (Arabic: مُدِيْرِيَّة زَبِيد) is a district of the Al Hudaydah Governorate in western Yemen.

The Yemeni Sufi Sheikh Isma'il al-Jabarti of the Qadiriyyah order is buried in the Zabid District.

[1][2] The father of Sheikh Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti (Darod), the progenitor of the Somali Darod clan, Isma'il al-Jabarti's tomb is situated in the ancient local town of Bab Siham.

His grave is a popular place of pilgrimage.

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