Yemen's cities and city pride, address the ability to creativity and genius construction who remains until the present day special in architecture, say "Manhattan middle", "Chicago desert" and "the first skyscrapers in the world". To homes and houses various city Adobe rises admirably, ground floor walls thickness range home alhadrami in shibam between meter and a half and two meters.
It is said that the name of the region goes back to being the first Builder of shibam Hadhramaut and tells hamadaani that the city was built in the 12th century BC, as one of the novels indicate that the city was built in the fifth century BC, and became known in the second century.
* The first skyscrapers:
Shibam hugging clouds of fine buildings stretching back over 500 years, seven innings and up to sixteen, confirming that the Arab mind capable of making wonders if it means creativity. The city built the old fashioned way, with narrow streets and crooked but its location chosen for the construction of the oldest skyscrapers in the world was chosen as a defensive fortress city centre.
Say a lot, and most cities are Yemeni city of pride, the title to the right capacity for creativity and genius construction who still till we bet special in architecture, is named according to the name shibam Hadhramaut bin King bin younger Spa, according to residents of Shibuya when migrated to destroy this site amid a Her Highness and the Valley (shbah) has turned to m, t, this is indicated by hamadaani.
The city of shibam married important historical events before and after Islam.
Shibam city considered the political and economic capital of seiyun, Hadramout, but sources say the books when he converted to Islam in HADRAMI Hijri Allah sent the Prophet PBUH Ziad bin Lapid albaiady to be a factor for him to Hadhramaut and shibam took up residence based mobile Between them and the city of knowledge known in Hadramawt, a trim.
According to historians, the ancient city of shibam is bigger than they are now. , As evidenced by what I remember hamadaani posted: either the Eastern Hadramaut, their tribe and centre of Wadi Hadhramaut and first home shibam, Hadhramaut and inhabited by 30 mosques {his} as currently has 6 mosques, half devastated kinda (famous hadarmih tribe), and its inhabitants Banu Fahad Bin donkeys and Banu Fahd sub A bin Hadramawt.
As hamadaani also in his famous in Arabian Peninsula: shibam town in Hadhramaut, Hadhramout, Rod all market has talked much of Sapphire febrile and famous partisans, Al-qazwini kisbeh bin beshbam baby in Canadian Radio static friction 6 before the birth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah) And the deceased 37 year HJ, was a military commander posted in open Egypt 20 Hj.
The city has launched a revolution Abd Allah ibn Yahya Canadian General 128 HJ Umayyad rule and continued as a starting base to resist the Abbasid rule in Hadramawt, which then spread the doctrine toes and focused main shibam which ended in the 16th century Hijri.
Highlighting the most important historical landmarks in its surrounding from all directions and is based on old fashioned, and a single gate was closed at night, and their homes are the first skyscrapers in the world, built of raw clay floors, ranging from 6 to 7 floors, each floor height between 4 to 6 m R, and feature engravings and ornaments on their doors and Windows made of wood (CEDR) Buckthorn trees, and outlive the houses to more than 500 years if routine maintenance.
Highlights of its great mosque (Haroun Mosque) built year 166 HJ, plus the alkhokh mosque which was the reward Center.
There is also the North Palace built in 617 h period and was the seat of State governance adopted son of Mahdi in successive General headquartered in 618 HJ dig a moat surrounding the Fort extends to the alkhokh mosque and dig on Ben Amor Al Kathiri wells beside the year 836 HJ it still stands now having been removed from him. Three floors, and is the headquarters of the General Commission for preservation of historic cities in Hadramout, and contribute to the rebuilding of maabetht by the hands of neglect.
UNESCO has identified the city of shibam from the list of World Heritage cities, where many projects to preserve them for fear of disappearing, especially in light of the onslaught of armed who started construction change features many ancient cities of Yemen, shibam.
This was my wonderful city.
