Shahr 'Alhan

Shahr 'Alhan ( hadramitic s ₂ hr-m lhn ) was a king of Hadramaut . He ruled around 350 BC. Chr.

He is named in an inscription by his nephew Ilsama 'Dhubyan , which mentions the erection of a tower in the city wall of the Minaean city of Qarnawu . This structure is said to have been built by Schahr ʿAlhan before. This bastion was built by Ilsama 'Dhubyan together with Abyadaʿ Yithaʿ , King of Maʿin , who by alluding to the conquest of Egypt by Artaxerxes III. again around 343 BC Is datable, built. Shahr ʿAlhan ruled shortly before these two rulers and is thus the first known king of Hadramaut.

Individual evidence

^ Edition of the inscription: Répertoire d'Épigraphie sémitique , Tome VI, Paris 1935, no. 2775; F. Bron: Inventaire des Inscriptions sudarabiques. Tome 3. Maʿīn (fasc. AB), Paris-Rome 1998, pp. 48-49, pl. 14; Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions: Maʿīn 8

literature

KA Kitchen: Documentation for Ancient Arabia I, Liverpool 1994, p. 59 ISBN 0-85323-359-4

personal data
SURNAME	Shahr 'Alhan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Shahr Alhan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ruler of Hadramaut
DATE OF BIRTH	before 350 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 343 BC Chr.

[1] Edition of the inscription: Répertoire d'Épigraphie sémitique , Tome VI, Paris 1935, no. 2775; F. Bron: Inventaire des Inscriptions sudarabiques. Tome 3. Maʿīn (fasc. AB), Paris-Rome 1998, pp. 48-49, pl. 14; Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions: Maʿīn 8