Asia: Ancient cities ТАРИМ / Tarim

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Тарим — второй по значению у мусульман, после Мекки, духовный центр и до 70-х годов ХХ века в него не ступала нога европейца, а проникшего на его территорию самовольно чужака просто убивали на месте. Город небольшой, но весь в мечетях. Говорят, их там 365 — по числу дней в году.

 

 

Tarim is a historic town situated in the Hadhramaut Valley of South Yemen, South Arabia. Tarim is widely acknowledged as the theological, juridical, and academic center of the Hadhramaut Valley. An important locus of Islamic learning, it is estimated to contain the highest concentration of descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad anywhere in the world. The city is distinguished for producing numerous Islamic scholars, including Imam al-Haddad. Additionally, Tarim is also home to Dar al-Mustafa, a well-known educational institute for the study of traditional Islamic Sciences. Wadi Hadhramaut and its tributaries have been inhabited since the Stone Age. Small mounds of flint chippings - debris from the manufacture of stone tools and weapons - and windblown dust can be found close to canyon walls. Further north and east are lines of Thamudic ‘triliths’ with a few surviving crude inscriptions. On the fringes of the Rub al Khali north of Mahra a seemingly ancient track leads - according to local legend - to the lost city of Ubar.

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