The Palace of Queen Arwa ( ar, قَصْر ٱلْمَلِكَة ٱلْحُرَّة, lit=Palace of the Noble Queen) was the residence of the
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...
i Queen
Arwa al-Sulayhi
)
, name = Arwā bint Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Mūsā Aṣ-Ṣulayḥī
, other_names = ''As-Sayyidah Al-Ḥurrah'' () ''Al-Malikah Al-Ḥurrah'' ( ar, ٱلْمَلِكَة ٱلْحُرَّة or ...
, who ruled in the 11th century CE. It is located in the town of
Jibla. The palace is today in a ruined state, although there are efforts to restore it. As the report submitted by Min. of Culture - General Organization for the Preservation of Historic Cities - President Office to UNESCO, the extensive ruins of the Queen's Palace had 365 rooms.
Gallery
File:Window at Queen Arwa's Palace.jpg, Window at Queen Arwa's Palace
File:Drainage system of Queen Arwa's Palace.jpg, Drainage system of the palace
File:Court of Queen Arwa Palace.jpg, Court
File:Window and shelves at palace of Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi, Jibla, Yemen.jpg, Window and shelves
File:Ruins of Palace of Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi.jpg, Ruins
File:Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi Masjid.jpg, Queen Arwa Mosque, Queen Arwa's Mosque, as seen from the palace
References
External links
The Palace of Queen Arwa al-Sulaihi in Zi Jibla Yemen
{{Tourist attractions in Yemen
Palaces in Yemen
Sulayhid dynasty
11th-century architecture