Shaddād ( ar, شدّاد), also known as Shaddād bin ʽĀd (), was believed to be the king of the lost Arabian city of

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, an account of which is mentioned in Sura 89 of the

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. Various sources suggest Shaddad was the son of 'Ad al-Miltat ibn Saksak ibn Wa'il ibn

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. His story is found in the 277th through 279th nights of the ''Tales of the Arabian Nights'' ''(

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)'' the tale described him as a universal king who ruled over the world and the one who built the city of gold. Brothers Shadīd () and Shaddād are said to have reigned in turn over the 1,000 Adite tribes, each consisting of several thousand men. It is said Shaddad brutally subdued all Arabia and

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. Many Arab writers tell of an expedition of Shaddād that caused the

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ite migration, their settling in Syria, and the Shepherd invasion of Egypt. According to the

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was a city of occult worshippers of stone idols, who defied the warnings of the prophet

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. To punish them, God sent a drought. But the people would not repent, so they were destroyed by a furious wind, from which only Hud and a few believers emerged.

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