Harad

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Harad is a vast, southern region of Middle-earth in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, known for its hot climate, exotic cultures, and peoples who often ally with Sauron against Gondor.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Harad canonical 3
Far Harad 2
Bree-land 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional region
geographical location in fiction
region of Middle-earth
alliesWith Sauron
alsoKnownAs Haradwaith
the South
appearsIn The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Tales
appearsInUniverse legendarium of Middle-earth
surface form: J. R. R. Tolkien legendarium
atWarWith Gondor
borders Harad self-linksurface differs
surface form: Far Harad

Gondor
Near Harad
contains Harad self-linksurface differs
surface form: Far Harad

Near Harad
Umbar
deserts
jungles
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien
describedAs remote
southern
vast
hasClimate arid
hot
hasDirectionFromGondor south
hasEthnicGroups various Haradrim tribes
hasNotableCity Umbar
hasNotablePeople Haradrim chieftains
hasOrientationFromMordor south and southwest
hasPoliticalRelation enemy of Gondor
inhabitedBy Haradrim
Haradrim
surface form: Southrons
inspiredBy real-world Middle East
real-world North Africa
knownFor exotic cultures
Mûmakil
surface form: mûmakil

war elephants
languageOfName Sindarin
locatedIn Middle-earth
surface form: southern Middle-earth
mentionedIn The Lord of the Rings appendices
surface form: The Lord of the Rings Appendix A

The Lord of the Rings appendices
surface form: The Lord of the Rings Appendix B
militaryAsset Mûmakil
surface form: mûmakil
opposes the West
partOf Middle-earth
sendsForcesTo Battle of the Morannon
Battle of the Pelennor Fields
timePeriod Third Age of Middle-earth
troopsUsedIn War of the Ring

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle-earth hasRegion Harad
Westron region Harad
this entity surface form: Bree-land
Gondor borderedBy Harad
Harad borders Harad self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Far Harad
Harad contains Harad self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Far Harad
Belegaer borders Harad