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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kindah | 1 |
Statements (45)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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Kindah