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Ḥaḍramawt
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Tomb of Mohammed Bin Ali, Salalah, Oman.
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Hadhramaut
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ancient Middle East
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Ḥaḍramawt

ancient kingdom, Arabia
Also known as: Hadhramaut, Hadramite
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Ḥaḍramawt, ancient South Arabian kingdom that occupied what are now southern and southeastern Yemen and the present-day Sultanate of Oman (Muscat and Oman). Ḥaḍramawt maintained its political independence until late in the 3rd century ad, when it was conquered by the kingdom of Sabaʾ.

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