At Turbah (alternatively,Turbat Dhubhan) is a town near the coast of theRed Sea inTaiz Governorate,Yemen. It lies about 75 km fromTaiz and is about 1,800 metres above sea level.^[1] Its population in 2004 was 10,505.^[2]

The nameTurbah inSemitic 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 asAl-Turbah after its urbanization as a regional capital during theOttoman era.

TheSabaean KingKarib'il Watar sacked Dhubhan in his 7th century BC campaigns.

Dhubhan, Dimloa, Yumain & Munif were listed among the last citadels surrendered by theZurayids to theAyyubids in 1193.

Muhammad Ibn Said Al Dhobhani, a 15th-century Sufi Imam, who traded goods between Yemen & Ethiopia, introduced the first coffee beans to Yemen.^[3] Within a short period coffee was exported out of Mocha & Aden to the rest of the world.

• Mocha coffee bean
• Caffè mocha

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