Kingdom of Hadhramaut
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For the region, see Hadhramaut.
For the language, see Hadramautic language.
Ḥaḍramawt (Ḥaḑramitic: 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩩, romanized: ḤḌRMT; Sabaic, Minaic, Qatabānic: 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩥𐩩, romanized: ḤḌRMWT) was an ancient South Semitic-speaking kingdom of South Arabia 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.
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Ḥaḍramawt | |||||||||
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Early 1st millennium BCE–c. 290 CE | |||||||||
Capital | Šabwat | ||||||||
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 |
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The kingdom of Ḥaḍramawt was one of the six ancient South Arabian kingdoms, along with Sabaʾ, Maʿīn, Qatabān, Ḥimyar, and Awsān. Little is known about Ḥaḍramawt compared to the other early South Arabian states.[1][2]