Al Adhar mosque and other Tarim, Yemen Things to Do Tips

The minaret of this mosque is one of the tourist icons of Yemen. At fifty-odd metres high, it has a claim to be the tallest mud building in the world: it's rival for this distinction is the Great Mosque of Djemme in Mali. (precise figures are hard to find: I am researching this)

It is also remarkable stylistically. Rococco is the word that springs to mind

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Tarim has been an important center of learning for a long time. The Al Ahqaf library was established in 1972 by gathering together a number of private libraries.

The library contains some 6200 manuscripts, mostly dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and is primarily a working library for scholastic research. But a few of the 'stars' of the collection are on didplay, including a world map from 1593 drawn by Mudhataribn al Wardi and some exquisite Korans. Exhibits are explained in English and the at
tendants are helpful (and obviously knowledgable)

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Directions: Entrance up the stairs at the back of the main mosque