Ḥaḍramawt 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩩 (Hadrami) | |||||||||
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| Early 1st millennium BCE–c. 290 CE | |||||||||
 Ḥaḍramawt in 400 BCE | |||||||||
| Capital | Šabwat Shibam | ||||||||
| Common languages | Ḥaḑramitic | ||||||||
| Religion | South Arabian polytheism | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Hadhramite | ||||||||
| Government | Kingdom | ||||||||
| Historical era | |||||||||
• Established | Early 1st millennium BCE | ||||||||
• Disestablished | c. 290 CE | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Yemen | ||||||||
Ḥaḍramawt (Ḥaḑramitic: 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩩, romanized: ḤḌRMT; Sabaic, Minaic, Qatabānic: 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩥𐩩, romanized: ḤḌRMWT) was an ancient South Semitic-speaking kingdom of South Arabia (ancient Yemen) which existed from the early 1st millennium BCE till the late 3rd century CE in the area currently named after it in the region of the Ṣayhad desert.
The kingdom of Ḥaḍramawt was one of the six ancient South Arabian kingdoms of ancient Yemen, along with Sabaʾ, Maʿīn, Qatabān, Ḥimyar, and Awsān. Little is known about Ḥaḍramawt compared to the other early South Arabian states.[1][2]
- ^ Van Beek 1997.
- ^ Hoyland 2002, p. 42.