Al Hudaydah
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Al Hudaydah (also written as Hodeidah) (Arabic: الحديدة) is the fourth largest city in Yemen with a population of one million, and the centre of Al Hudaydah Governorate. The city is also known as Hodeida.
The city has a large number of historical places, particularly in Zabid, which is regarded as one of the most important Islamic towns in the world . The city is not large enough but it has more than 100 old mosques. Furthermore, the city used to have an old university which is as old as al-Azhar.
The Malay writer Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir visited Al Hudaydah on his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1854, and describes the city in his account of the journey, mentioning that the custom of chewing Khat was prevalent in the city at this time.[1]
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Ché-Ross, Raimy. MUNSHI ABDULLAH'S VOGAGE TO MECCA: A PRELIMINARY INTRODUCTION AND ANNOTATED TRANSLATION. Indonesia & the Malay World; Jul2000, Vol. 28 Issue 81, p196
