Etymology and history
The name Turbah in Semitic means 'ancient cemetery', in reference to the bones of the ancestors mixing with the soil. Various places are named Turbah or Al Turbah. Turbat Dhubhan became known as Al-Turbah after its urbanization as a regional capital during the Ottoman era.
Karib 'il Watar campaign
The Sabaean King Karib'il Watar sacked Dhubhan in his 7th century BC campaigns.
Center of the Zurayid rump state
Dhubhan, Dimloa, Yumain & Munif were listed among the last citadels surrendered by the Zurayids to the Ayyubids in 1193.
Invention of coffee
Muhammad Ibn Said Al Dhobhani, a 15th-century Sufi Imam, who traded goods between Yemen and Ethiopia, introduced the first coffee beans to Yemen. Within a short period coffee was exported out of Mokha and Aden to the rest of the world.
