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Dadan could refer to: * Dadan, another name for the ancient kingdom of Lihyan Lihyan (, ''Liḥyān''; Greek: Lechienoi), also called Dadān or Dedan, was an ancient Arab kingdom that played a vital cultural and economic role in the north-western region of the Arabian Peninsula and used Dadanitic language. The kingdom fl ... in the Arabian Peninsula * Dadan Island, an island in Kinmen County, Taiwan * Dadan Pahalwan, Indian politician * Dadan River, a river in Yunnan Province, China {{disambiguation ...
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Lihyan
Lihyan (, ''Liḥyān''; Greek: Lechienoi), also called Dadān or Dedan, was an ancient Arab kingdom that played a vital cultural and economic role in the north-western region of the Arabian Peninsula and used Dadanitic language. The kingdom flourished for at least a century and a half, at some point between the 5th and 1st centuries BC. The Lihyanites ruled over a large domain from Yathrib in the south and parts of the Levant in the north. In antiquity, the Gulf of Aqaba used to be called Gulf of Lihyan, a testimony to the extensive influence that Lihyan acquired.Discovering Lehi'. Cedar Fort; 9 August 1996. . p. 153. The term "Dedanite" usually describes the earlier phase of the history of this kingdom since their capital name was Dedan, which is now called Al-'Ula oasis located in northwestern Arabia, some 110 km southwest of Teima, both cities located in modern-day Saudi Arabia, while the term "Lihyanite" describes the later phase. Dadan in its early phase was "one ...
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Dadan Island
Dadan Island (Tatan, Taitan Island, Tae-tan/Taetan) ( zh, c=, poj=tōa-táⁿ tó, l=Island of Boldness, p=Dàdǎn Dǎo, originally ) is an island in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). The island is in the Taiwan Strait, along the coast of Mainland China. It is located approximately to the southwest of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) and approximately from Xiamen (Amoy). History In March 1853, HMS ''Rattler'' struck a sunken rock at Amoy, China and was severely damaged. She was beached at Tae-tan (Dadan) for repairs. Since 1949, Dadan Island has several times become the battlefront of conflicts between the People's Liberation Army and the Republic of China Armed Forces. On July 26, 1950, ROC forces on the island, in total 298 soldiers, repulsed an attack ( 大擔島戰役) from a People's Liberation Army force of 700 soldiers that landed on the island. In October 1951, Chiang Ching-kuo visited the island and gave the island its current na ...
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Dadan Pahalwan
Dadan Singh Yadav alias Dadan Pahalwan is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Dumraon as the 2015 Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly as a member of the Janata Dal (United). He contested the 2014 Indian general election as a candidate of the Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with Religious ... but lost. References Bihar MLAs 2015–2020 1964 births Living people Janata Dal (United) politicians Criminals from Bihar People from Buxar district Candidates in the 2014 Indian general election {{Bihar-JDU-politician-stub ...
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