al-Humayma

E362159
ancient settlement archaeological site historic site

al-Humayma is an ancient settlement in southern Jordan that served as a key Abbasid family stronghold and early Islamic-era community along important trade routes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
al-Humayma canonical 2
al-Ḥumaymah, Bilad al-Sham 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient settlement ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
surface form: Abbasid
associatedWithEmpire Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWithReligion early Islam ⓘ
associatedWithTribeOrPeople Nabataean ⓘ
surface form: Nabataeans
country Jordan ⓘ
currentUse tourist and research site ⓘ
excavatedBy archaeologists from the 20th century onward ⓘ
function agricultural settlement ⓘ
caravan station ⓘ
fortified outpost ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemainsOf Byzantine structures ⓘ
Nabataean settlement ⓘ
Roman fort ⓘ
early Islamic residential complex ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
water system ⓘ
hasBuildingType bathhouse ⓘ
farm installations ⓘ
large residential complex ⓘ
storehouses ⓘ
hasFeature aqueducts ⓘ
cisterns ⓘ
reservoirs ⓘ
heritageStatus recognized archaeological heritage of Jordan ⓘ
historicalPeriod Byzantine period ⓘ
Nabataean ⓘ
surface form: Nabataean period

Roman period ⓘ
early Islamic period ⓘ
importance center of Abbasid family activity before their revolution ⓘ
key node on north–south trade routes ⓘ
locatedIn Hisma desert ⓘ
Near Petra ⓘ
Wadi Araba ⓘ
surface form: Wadi Araba region

southern Jordan ⓘ
locatedOnRoute ancient trade routes between Arabia and the Levant ⓘ
caravan routes linking Syria and the Hijaz ⓘ
region Near the modern Desert Highway in Jordan ⓘ
servedAs Abbasid family stronghold ⓘ
early Islamic-era community ⓘ
timeOfMajorOccupation 1st century BCE to early Islamic centuries ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

as-Saffah → placeOfBirth → al-Humayma ⓘ
subject surface form: As-Saffah
Al-Mansur → birthPlace → al-Humayma ⓘ
Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad → birthPlace → al-Humayma ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Ḥumaymah, Bilad al-Sham