Nashan

Nashan (Arabic: ناشان, modern day Kharbat 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. The city was called Nestum in the Natural History book that was written by Pliny the Elder.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Culture
* 3 External links
* 4 Notes
* 5 References

## 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]

A stela of Yatha' Amar Watar dated to about 715BC, tells that he invaded the area and took the town. It reads:

> Yatha amar Watar son of Yakrubmalik mukarrib of Saba dedicated to Aranyada' the patron when Aranyada came back form the territories of Aranyada' and of Nashshan and avenged Nashshan at the expense of Kaminahu because Nashahn had maintained the alliance of Almaqah and of Aranyada', of Yatha amar and of Malikwaqah, of Saba of nashshan, because of ... of god and parton of pact and alliance.[3]

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.

## Culture

Nashshān, was in Wādī Madhāb,[4] to the north-east of Ma'rib and was a trading center and town in Pre-Islamic Arabia. Nashshān, and its neigbours, Haram (Yemen), Kaminahu and Inabba' were similar in that they were civil temple settlements and city states, and inscriptions in all four towns are in the Minaean language.

## External links

* Archive for the study of ancient south Arabian inscriptions in Kharibat as-Sawda

## 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. https://books.google.de/books?id=BfDXAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=Nashan+yemen&source=bl&ots=MXAlb0EfNb&sig=Ia62D67pdGL-cjUnT4b9aCUYrk0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGi5vlpO_XAhXJRhQKHf4tC4UQ6AEITTAJ#v=onepage&q=Nashan yemen&f=false.
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. https://books.google.de/books?id=xmRzAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA152&dq=1139991639&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiuw87gr-_XAhVDPxQKHVMwC4cQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=watar&f=false.
3. ↑ Greg Fisher, Arabs and Empires Before Islam (Oxford University Press, 2015 ) p 102.
4. ↑ Leonid Kogan and Andrey Korotayev: Sayhadic Languages (Epigraphic South Arabian). Semitic Languages. London: Routledge, 1997. Pg. 221.

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Tourist attractions in Yemen

World
Heritage
Sites|

| Listed|

* Historic Town of Zabid
* Old City of Sana'a
* Old Walled City of Shibam
* Socotra Archipelago

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Tentative list|

* Archaeological Site of Marib
* Historic City of Saada
* The Historic City of Thula
* The Madrasa Amiriya of Rada
* Jibla and its surroundings
* Jabal Haraz
* Jabal Bura
* Balhaf/Burum coastal area
* The Hawf Area
* Sharma/Jethmun coastal area

| Archaeological
sites|

* Al Hajjarah
* Awwam
* Baraqish
* Baynun
* Cisterns of Tawila
* Haram
* Kaminahu
* Ma'rib
* Marib Dam
* Maṣna'at Māriya
* Nahom
* Nashan
* Nashaq
* Sana'a
* Shabwa
* Shaharah
* Shibam
* Sirwah
* Timna
* Zabid
* Zafar

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Museums|

* House of Folklore
* National Museum of Yemen
* Yemen Military Museum

Palaces
Castles|

* Aljabowbi Castle
* Cairo Castle
* Dar al-Bashair
* Dar al-Hajar
* Dar al-Shukr
* Dar as-Sa'd
* Fort Al-Ghwayzi
* Ghumdan Palace
* Palace of Queen Arwa
* Citadel of Rada'a
* Seiyun Palace
* Sheba Palace

Places of
worship|

* Aidrus Mosque
* Al-Asha'ir Mosque
* Al-Bakiriyya Mosque
* Al-Hadi Mosque
* Al-Mahdi Mosque
* Al-Muhdhar Mosque
* Al-Qalis Church
* Al Shohada Mosque
* Al Tawheed Mosque
* Alansar Mosque
* Albolaily Mosque
* Alemaan Mosque
* Ashrafiya Mosque
* Barran Temple
* Great Mosque of Sana'a
* Grand Synagogue of Aden
* Hanthel Mosque
* Jennad Mosque
* Mudhaffar Mosque
* Queen Arwa Mosque
* Saleh Mosque
* St. Francis of Assisi Church
* St. Mary Help of Christians Church
* Talha Mosque
* Temple of Awwam

Protected
area|

* Bura Community Protected Area
* Dhamar Montane Plains Mahjur Traditional Reserve
* Jabal Bura Valley Forest National Park
* Ras Isa Marine Park
* Socotra Island Protected Area
* Zuqur Islands Marine National Park

Others|

* Amiriya Madrasa
* Yemen Gate
* Big Ben Aden
* Sana'a Turkish Memorial Cemetery
* Shaharah Bridge
* Sira Fortress

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