Mawza District is a district of the Taiz Governorate , Yemen . As of 2003, the district had a population of 119,818 inhabitants.
4-748: Mawza'a was the regional capital of Mofar in ancient Yemen, the king of Mawza African trading colony was mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea During the rise of the expansion of the Zaydi state when Mawza was part of the kingdom, most of the Yemenite Jews were expelled to Mawza' (1679-1680) in what became known by Yemenite Jews as the Mawza Exile . During the Mawza Exile , Mocha 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Mawza
8-583: A regional capital during the Ottoman era . The Sabaean King Karib'il Watar sacked Dhubhan in his 7th century BC campaigns. Dhubhan, Dimloa, Yumain & Munif were listed among the last citadels surrendered by the Zurayids to the Ayyubids in 1193. Muhammad Ibn Said Al Dhobhani, a 15th-century Sufi Imam, who traded goods between Yemen & Ethiopia, introduced the first coffee beans to Yemen. Within
12-603: Is a town near the coast of the Red Sea in Taiz Governorate , Yemen . It lies about 75 km from Taiz and is about 1,800 metres above sea level. Its population in 2004 was 10,505. The name Turbah in Semitic means 'ancient cemetery', in reference to the bones of the ancestors mixing with the soil. Various places are named Turbah or Al Turbah. Turbat Dhubhan became known as Al-Turbah after its urbanization as
16-406: Was the main port of the Zaydi imamate & Muza lost its status as the regional port of Mofar . 13°22′41″N 43°36′52″E / 13.3781°N 43.6144°E / 13.3781; 43.6144 This article about a location in the Taiz Governorate of Yemen is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . At Turbah At Turbah (alternatively, Turbat Dhubhan )
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