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Jibla جِبْلَة
Town
Jibla, with the Queen Arwa Mosque in the background
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Coordinates: 13°55′N 44°9′E / 13.917°N 44.150°E / 13.917; 44.150
Country	Yemen
Governorate	Ibb Governorate
District	Jibla
Time zone	UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Jiblah (Arabic: جِبْلَة) is a town in the Ibb Governorate of Yemen, south-west of the city of Ibb. It is located at the elevation of around 2,200 metres (7,200 feet), near Jabal At-Ta'kar (جَبَل ٱلتَّعْكَر). The town and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List due to its purported universal cultural value. By 2019 Jiblah University for medical and health science was established in the center of the town of Jiblah. The historical Palace of Queen Arwa is located in the town.

History

Following the assassination of the Sulayhid 'Ali ibn Muhammad in 1067 CE, Arwa al-Sulayhi's husband Ahmad became the de jure ruler of Yemen, but he was unable to rule, being paralysed and bedridden. He gave all of his power to Arwa, one of her first actions was to move the capital from Sana'a to Jibla, in order to be in a better position to destroy Sa'id ibn Najar, and thus avenge her father-in-law's death. This she managed to do by luring him into a trap in 1088. She built a new palace at Jibla, and transformed the old palace into a great mosque where she was eventually buried.

Rural life

As late as 1979, the women of Jibla would launder their clothes in large pools formed by rivulets of natural spring water, which trickled down the slopes of Jebal Attaker. Stepping stones of the brook were used in place of scrub-boards.

Rest your heart among the little hills of Dhī l-Sufāl, gaze upon its expanses, / There the air is as clear as crystal, the water is pure, and night brings even greater happiness.

Infrastructure

Health

An American Baptist Hospital was located in Jibla. On December 30, 2002, an Islamist militant entered the hospital, and shot and killed three Southern Baptist hospital workers. The day after the shootings, ownership of the hospital was transferred to the Yemeni government. The government assumed responsibility in 2003, and continued to employ Southern Baptist workers, until its closing in May 2007.

As with other areas in war-torn Yemen, Jibla was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, but its hospital lacked capabilities to test for the coronavirus, thus doctors there had to use other means to diagnose it. Yet according to two healthcare workers there, the hospital daily received almost 50 people with symptoms, and out of fear of reprisals, doctors did not inform relatives of deceased patients about them even being suspected to have contracted the virus.

Mosques

There are two historical mosques here:

• Queen Arwa Mosque
• Qubbat az-Zum Mosque

v t e   Mosques in Yemen
Aden	Aidrus
Al-Hudaydah	Al-Asha'ir (Zabid)
Hadhramaut	Omar Grand (Mukalla) al-Rawda (Mukalla) Al-Muhdhar (Tarim)
Ibb	Qubbat Bayt Az-Zum Queen Arwa
Sa'dah	Al-Hadi
Sana'a	Alansar Albolaily Alemaan Al-Bakiriyya Great (Sanaa) Hanthel Al-Mahdi Al-Saleh Al Shohada Al Tawheed
Ta'iz	Ashrafiya Al-Janad Mudhaffar Talha
Category List Islam in Yemen Mosques by country

References

1. Ministry of Information of Yemen
2. "مناطق تاريخية (حصن التعكر..مصير مجهول ل6 آلاف سنة من تاريخه)". Almotamar Press (in Arabic). 2014-12-25. Archived from the original on 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
3. سيف, إسلام (2018-03-12). "الحوثي يستحدث موقعا عسكريا بأعلى قمة جبلية وسط اليمن" (in Arabic). Yemen: Al Arabiya. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
4. ^ Jibla and its surroundings, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, retrieved 2009-04-20
5. Muhammad Zakaria (1998) مساجد اليمن
6. Mernissi, Fatima; Lakeland, Mary Jo (2003), The forgotten queens of Islam, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-579868-5
7. "Yemen" (PDF) (in Arabic). NIC.
8. Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Jibli (d. 1880 / 1881)
9. Ranish, David (January 11, 2013). "Southern Baptist 32-year legacy lives on". Mission Network News. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
10. Magdy, Sami (2021-08-13). "In Yemen's north, Houthis face virus with outright denial". AP News. Cairo, Egypt. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
11. "Jibla (Yemen)". Around the World in 80 Clicks. May 2004. Retrieved 2021-08-04.

External links

• Travel Adventures Archived 2012-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Yémen : Ibb, Jibla (YouTube)
• Yemen Jibla market
• مسجد قبة الزوم بمدينة جبلة باليمن - دراسة أثرية وثائقية (Arabic)
• Jiblah University for Medical Sciences

Jabal At-Ta'kar

• جبل التعكر - اعلى جبل في اليمن
• جبل التعكر مدينة اب الخضراء
• جبل التعكر في وسط اليمن وعلاقته بسطيح الكاهن

v t e Tourist attractions in Yemen
World Heritage Sites	Listed Historic Town of Zabid Old City of Sanaa Old Walled City of Shibam Socotra Archipelago Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba Tentative list Archaeological Site of Marib Historic City of Saada The Historic City of Thula The Madrasa Amiriya of Rada Jibla and its surroundings Jabal Haraz Jabal Bura Balhaf/Burum coastal area The Hawf Protected Area Sharma/Jethmun coastal area
Archaeological sites Al Hajjarah Awwam Baraqish Baynun Cisterns of Tawila Haram Kaminahu Ma'rib Marib Dam Maṣna'at Māriya Nahom Nashan Nashaq Sanaa Shabwa Shaharah Shibam Sirwah Timna Zabid Zafar Museums House of Folklore Mukalla Museum National Museum of Yemen Yemen Military Museum Palaces Castles Aljabowbi Castle Cairo Castle Dar al-Bashair Dar al-Hajar Dar al-Shukr Dar as-Sa'd Fort Al-Ghwayzi Ghumdan Palace Palace of Queen Arwa Qu'aiti Sultan Palace Citadel of Rada'a Seiyun Palace Sheba Palace Places of worship Aidrus Mosque Al-Asha'ir Mosque Al-Bakiriyya Mosque Al-Hadi Mosque Al-Mahdi Mosque Al-Muhdhar Mosque Al-Qalis Church Al Shohada Mosque Al Tawheed Mosque Alansar Mosque Albolaily Mosque Alemaan Mosque Ashrafiya Mosque Barran Temple Great Mosque of Sanaa Grand Synagogue of Aden Hanthel Mosque Jennad Mosque Mudhaffar Mosque Qubbat Bayt Az-Zum Mosque Queen Arwa Mosque Saleh Mosque St. Francis of Assisi Church St. Mary Help of Christians Church Talha Mosque Temple of Awwam Protected area The Hawf Protected Area Bura Community Protected Area Dhamar Montane Plains Mahjur Traditional Reserve Jabal Bura Valley Forest National Park Ras Isa Marine Park Socotra Island Protected Area Zuqur Islands Marine National Park Others Al-Aidarous gate Amiriya Madrasa Yemen Gate Big Ben Aden Sanaa Turkish Memorial Cemetery Shaharah Bridge Sira Fortress

v t e Yemeni cities and towns by population
1,000,000 and more	Aden Sanaa
100,000-999,999	Dhamar Al Hudaydah Ibb Taiz Mukalla
10,000-99,999	Abs Ad-Dahi 'Amran Ataq Bajil Bayt al-Faqih Al Bayda' Beihan Dimnat Chadir Al Ghaydah Hais Hajjah Al Houta Khamir Al-Mahabischa Al Mahwit Al-Marawi'a Marib Mokha Mudiyah Rada'a Sayyan Seiyun Al-Shihr Socotra Tarim Thula Yarim Zabid Zinjibar
<9,999	Dammaj Habban Al Hajjarah Hutayb Jaʽār Jibla Kawkaban Manakhah Mukayras Saada Shaharah Shibam At Tawilah Wadi Dawan

• Populated places in Ibb Governorate
• Jiblah District
• Towns in Yemen