Chebba

Chebba (La Chebba, Ash Shabbah, aš-Šābbah, Sheba) is a small city in the Mahdia Governorate of Tunisia in North Africa on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.^[2]

The city of Chebba derives its name from the headland3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the east, which was classically known as Caput Vada (headland above the shoals).^[3][4][5]

The Byzantine general Belisarius landed here in 533 and went on to inflict a devastating defeat on the Vandals.^[6] The town of Chebba was founded by Justinian about 534 CE after the defeat of the Vandals,^[3] and named Justinianopolis.^[7]

The headland (Caput Vada) is now known as Ras Kaboudia^[3] and is site of the ruins of the bordj (harbor fortress) of Bordj Khadidja, which was built upon Byzantine foundations.^[8] The fortress guarded the harbor entrance and was one of a chain of similar forts built by the Abbasids along the coast of North Africa in the 8th century. It was later renamed after Khadija Ben Kalthoum, a poet of the eleventh century, who was born in Chebba.^[9]

• خريطة تشيبا - صور الأقمار الصناعية لمدينة تشيبا - دليل مابلانديا العالمي
• الوسائط المتعلقة بشيبا على ويكيميديا ​​كومنز