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ID: 7004339
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004339
Record Type:
administrative
Taʻizz (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 13 35 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 13.5833
decimal degrees
Long: 044 02 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 44.0333
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in highlands; was capital of Tūrān Shāh, brother of Saladin, of Ayyūbid dynasty; was on early medieval trade route; controlled by Ottomans 16th cen.-1918.
Names:
Taʻizz
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Taizz
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Al Yaman
(nation) (
P
)
............
Taʻizz
(governorate) (
P
)
................
Taʻizz
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
trading center by medieval times
town (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
capital (
H
)
............
of Ayyūbid dynasty in 12th cen.; administrative capital of Yemen Arab Republic 1948-1962
trade center (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Taʻizz..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 910
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
189
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1181
Taizz..........
[
VP
]
..............
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
357
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 910
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
189
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
357
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1181
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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