{
 "id": "place/marib",
 "class": "place",
 "slug": "marib",
 "label": {
  "en": "Maʾrib",
  "ar": "مأرب"
 },
 "summary": {
  "en": "The second Sabaean capital after Sirwah, seat of the famous dam; its ruins lie about sixty miles east of Sanaa, and its flood is the Quranic Sayl al-Arim.",
  "ar": "العاصمة الثانية لمملكة سبأ بعد صرواح ومركز سدّها المشهور؛ أنقاضها على نحو ستين ميلاً شرقي صنعاء، وثلمتها الكبرى هي سيل العرم القرآني."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "place"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "arabia"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/pre-islamic-arabia"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [],
 "data": {
  "kind": "town",
  "sources": [
   "source/mubarakpuri-raheeq"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Devin; al-Raheeq al-Makhtum pp. 15–34 (batch 25a)"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "نبذة",
     "markdown": "مأرب: عاصمة سبأ الثانية بعد صرواح، ومركز السد الذي انفجاره كان سيل العرم."
    },
    {
     "heading": "المكان",
     "markdown": "اتخذ ملوك سبأ مأرب عاصمة لهم بدل صرواح في العهد من سنة 650ق.م إلى 115ق.م، وتوجد أنقاضها على بعد ستين ميلاً من صنعاء إلى جانبها الشرقي {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq}.\n\nوبدأ بناء [[building/marib-dam|سد مأرب]] في زمن المكاربة بصرواح، وله شأن كبير في تاريخ اليمن، حتى انفجر انفجاراً عظيماً نحو سنة 450م فكان سيل العرم {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "للزوار الصغار",
     "markdown": "مأرب مدينة اليمن القديمة؛ بجانبها سد مشهور انكسر فسيل الماء وشتت الناس."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "place/marib",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   }
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Ma'rib: Saba''s second capital after Sirwah, and centre of the dam whose bursting was the flood of al-Arim."
    },
    {
     "heading": "The place",
     "markdown": "Saba''s kings made Ma'rib their capital in place of Sirwah in the era from 650 BCE to 115 BCE; its ruins lie sixty miles from Sanaa on its eastern side {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq}.\n\nThe building of the [[building/marib-dam|Ma'rib dam]] began in the Mukarribs' time at Sirwah, and it has a great place in Yemen's history — until it burst in a mighty breach around 450 CE, which was the flood of al-Arim {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "For young visitors",
     "markdown": "Ma'rib is Yemen's ancient city; beside it stood a famous dam that broke, the water flooded, and the people scattered."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "place/marib",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Devin (SWE-2), draft translation"
    ]
   }
  }
 },
 "degree": 4,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "connections": [
  {
   "to": "event/flood-of-al-aram",
   "type": "site_of",
   "inverse": true
  },
  {
   "to": "building/marib-dam",
   "type": "contains",
   "inverse": true
  }
 ],
 "related": [
  "building/marib-dam",
  "event/flood-of-al-aram",
  "period/pre-islamic-arabia"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}