The town of Jibla with the minaret of the Palace of Queen Arwa and the surrounding countryside in Yemen 🇾🇪 c. 1960s
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The town and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO World Heritage. The Palace of Queen Arwa was the residence of the Yemeni Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi, who ruled in the 11th century CE. Queen Arwa was first co-ruler with her two husbands and then as sole ruler, from 1067 until her death in 1138. She was the last of the rulers of the Sulayhid Dynasty and was also the first woman to be accorded the prestigious title of Hujjah in the Isma'ili branch of Shia Islam, signifying her as the closest living image of God's will in her lifetime, in the Ismaili doctrine.
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by Galen Frysinger #NativeThreads