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South Arabia
جنوب الجزيرة العربية (Arabic)
Historical region of Arabia
Map of South Arabia
Map of South Arabia
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 Oman
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South Arabia (

'Asir, which are presently in Saudi Arabia, and the Dhofar of present-day Oman
.

South Arabia is inhabited by people possessing distinctive linguistic and ethnic affinities, as well as traditions and culture, transcending recent political boundaries. There are two indigenous language groups: the now extinct

Old South Arabian languages and the unrelated Modern South Arabian languages, both members of the Semitic family
.

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Etymology

The term Yamnat was mentioned in Old South Arabian inscriptions on the title of one of the kings of the second Himyarite Kingdom known as Shammar Yahrʽish II. The term was probably referring to the southwestern coastline of the Arabian peninsula and the southern coastline between Aden and Hadramout.[1][2][3] One etymology derives Yemen from ymnt, meaning "South", and significantly plays on the notion of the land to the right (𐩺𐩣𐩬).[4] Other sources claim that Yemen is related to yamn or yumn, meaning "felicity" or "blessed", as much of the country is fertile.[5][6] The Romans called it Arabia Felix (fertile Arabia), as opposed to Arabia Deserta (deserted Arabia). Classical Latin and

Abyssinians whom they came into contact in South Arabia by the name of the Cushitic people who lived next to them, i.e., Indians.[7] Southern Arabia was part of Indian Ocean trade routes[8] for millennia. With the advent of the Omani Empire,[9]
ties were strengthened between India and the Eastern Coast of Africa and Madagascar.

History

See also: History of Yemen and Timeline of Yemeni history
South Arabian forehead ornament, probably late 1800s, made of gold, pearls, turquoise, gemstones, exhibited in the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, Texas, US)

Three thousand years ago, several ancient states occupied the region of South Arabia, being

A.H. (628), the region converted to Islam.[15]

Geography

Ancient

See also: Ancient history of Yemen

Ancient kingdoms and appellations:

Pre-Islamic foreign occupiers:

Islamic dynasties

See also: Islamic history of Yemen
  • Umayyad
    661–750
  • Abbasid
    750–897
  • Ziyadid 819–1022
  • Zaydi Imams 897-1962
  • Najahid 1022-1158
  • Sulaihid
    1047–1138
  • Zurayid 1083-1193
  • Mahdids 1159–1174
  • Ayyubid
    1174–1228
  • Rasulid
    1229–1454
  • Tahiride
    1454–1526

Early modern and colonial

See also: Modern history of Yemen
Flag of Federation of South Arabia, Protectorate of British Empire.

Modern

Yemen:

Beyond Yemen:

See also

References

  1. ^ Jawād ʻAlī (1968) [Digitized 17 February 2007]. الـمـفـصـّل في تـاريـخ العـرب قبـل الإسـلام [Detailed history of Arabs before Islam] (in Arabic). Vol. 1. Dār al-ʻIlm li-l-Malāyīn. p. 171.
  2. ISBN 9789004176881
    .
  3. ISBN 1117531937
    . He was worshiped by the Madhij and their allies at Jorash (Asir) in Northern Yemen
  4. ISBN 2-8017-0194-7
    .
  5. ISBN 9780810124172
    .
  6. ^ Edward Balfour (1873). Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial and Scientific: Products of the Mineral, Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures, Band 5. Printed at the Scottish & Adelphi presses. p. 240.
  7. ^ Origin Of Islam In Its Christian Environment Bell, Richard p.g 34
  8. ^ "Indian Ocean Trade Routes".
  9. ^ "William the Rebel: Musandam: The isolated land of the Shihuh". 19 December 2016.
  10. ^ Brian Doe, South Arabia (London: Thames & Hudson 1971) at 60–102.
  11. ^ Jean-Francois Breton, Arabia Felix (University of Notre Dame 1999) at 13–20, 23; 53–73; 3–5, 41–43.
  12. ^ al-Tabari, The History of al-Tabari, volume V, The Sasanids, the Byzantines, the Lakmids, and Yemen (S.U.N.Y. 1999), in Yemen: Ethiopian conquest at 179, 182–183, 204–208, 212; Persia over al-Habashah at 159–160, 236–249.
  13. ^ Stuart Munro-Hay, Aksum. An African civilization of late antiquity (Edinburgh Univ. 1991) at 71–74, 76–77 (3rd century), at 78–80 (4th century), at 84–88 (6th century).
  14. ^ Sally Ann Baynard, "Historical Setting" in The Yemens: Country Studies (Washington, D.C.: Foreign Area Studies, The American University, c.1985) 1–89, at 3–14: Ethiopians at 11–12 (4th century for 4 decades, 6th century for about 50 years); Persians at xiii, 12.
  15. ^ al-Tabari, The History of al-Tabari, volume VIII, The Victory of Islam (S.U.N.Y. 1997) at 114 (became Muslim).
  16. ^ Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Malik b. Hishām, al-Sīra al-Nabawiyya. 3rd edition. 4 vols. (Beirut: Dār Ṣādir, 2010), 1:60-66; Fred M. Donner, Muhammad and The Believers: At the Origins of Islam (Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012), 34; G.W. Bowersock, The Throne of Adulis: Red Sea Wars on the Eve of Islam (Oxford University Press, 2013), 117.

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