Nashan

Nashan
Shown within Yemen
Location Yemen
Region Al Jawf Governorate
Coordinates 16°10′N 44°45′E / 16.167°N 44.750°E / 16.167; 44.750Coordinates: 16°10′N 44°45′E / 16.167°N 44.750°E / 16.167; 44.750

Nashan (modern day Al-Sawda',[1] Arabic: خربة السوداء‎) is the name of an ancient South Arabian city in the northern al-Jawf region of present day Yemen, in the territory of the ancient Kingdom of Ma'in.

History

Nashan, located near "Al-Khārid river" along with the neighboring Kaminahu, Ḥaram and Nashaq in the region of al-Jawf, was a separate city state. Around 715 BC, it was initially annexed by Yitha'amar Watar I of Saba. Subsequently, Karib'il Watar (around 685 BC) launched a campaign to capture Nashan and Nashaq which lasted for three years. Eventually, he managed to subdue both cities, and to dedicate his triumph to his god Almaqah.[2]

In 25 BC, Nashan was mentioned as "Annestum"[note 1] during Aelius Gallus's expedition to Arabia Felix under orders of Augustus against Saba'. However, the expedition ended in critical failure and the Romans accused a Nabataean guide called "Syllaeus" of misleading them. This expedition was mentioned by Greek geographer Strabo in which he named Ilasaros as the ruler of Hadhramaut at that time.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his book Natural History. p. 151.

References

  1. ↑ Steven C. Caton (2013). Yemen. ABC-CLIO. p. 43. ISBN 9781598849288.
  2. ↑ Magee, Peter (2014). The Archaeology of Prehistoric Arabia: Adaptation and Social Formation from the Neolithic to the Iron Age. Cambridge University Press. p. 243. ISBN 1139991639.
  3. ↑ Gertoux, Gerard (2015). Kings David and Solomon: Chronological, Historical and Archaeological Evidence. lulu.com. ISBN 132969810X.
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