Kindah kingdom

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The Kindah kingdom was an ancient Arab tribal monarchy that emerged in central Arabia and played a key role in pre-Islamic Arabian politics and culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Arab kingdom
pre-Islamic Arab polity
tribal monarchy
associatedWith Kindah tribal confederation NERFINISHED
capital Qaryat al-Fāw NERFINISHED
continent Asia
culture oral poetic tradition
tribal honor code
declinePeriod late 6th century CE
economy caravan trade
pastoralism
engagedIn inter-tribal alliances
inter-tribal warfare
ethnicGroup Arabs
surface form: Arab
flourishedInCentury 5th century CE
6th century CE
followedBy early Islamic polities in Arabia
governmentType monarchy
hasNotableRuler al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAmr al-Kindī NERFINISHED
Ḥujr Ākil al-Murār NERFINISHED
hasRulingDynasty Kindah tribe NERFINISHED
hasSourceType Arabic literary tradition
epigraphic evidence
hasTribalBase Kindah NERFINISHED
influenced pre-Islamic Arabic poetry
knownFor attempt to unify central Arabian tribes
influence over Najd region
language Old Arabic NERFINISHED
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula
central Arabia
namedAfter Kindah tribe NERFINISHED
neighboringEntity Ghassanid kingdom NERFINISHED
Himyarite kingdom NERFINISHED
Lakhmid kingdom NERFINISHED
partiallyAttestedIn South Arabian inscriptions
early Islamic historiography
partOf pre-Islamic Arabia
playedRoleIn pre-Islamic Arabian culture
pre-Islamic Arabian politics
politicalStructure tribal federation under a king
precededBy tribal chiefdoms of Kindah
region Najd NERFINISHED
religion Arabian polytheism
socialStructure tribal aristocracy
timePeriod pre-Islamic era

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Qaryat al-Faw associatedWith Kindah kingdom
Imru' al-Qais tribe Kindah kingdom
this entity surface form: Kindah