Ḥaḍramawt

Ḥaḍramawt

▪ ancient kingdom, Arabia
also spelled  Hadhramaut 

      ancient South Arabian kingdom that occupied what are now southern and southeastern Yemen and the present-day Sultanate of Oman (Muscat and Oman). Ḥaḍramawt maintained its political independence until late in the 3rd century AD, when it was conquered by the kingdom of Sabaʾ.

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