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Teʾelḫunu
Teʾelḫunu (), also spelled Telkhunu, was a queen regnant of the Nomadic Arab tribes of Qedar who ruled in the 7th century BC, circa 690 BC. She succeeded Yatie and was succeeded by queen Tabua. She was the fourth of six Arab queens to be attested (as ''sarratu'') in Assyrian documents between Tiglath-pileser III and Assurbanipal: Zabibe, Samsi, Yatie, Te'el-hunu, Tabua and Adia, the first five of them rulers.Eckart Frahm: A Companion to Assyria' According to Assyrians texts, she also served as ''apkal-latu'' (priestess) of her people. In 690 BC, the Assyrians under Sennacherib put an end to any potential threat to Assyria from the southwest after the defeat of queen Te'el-hunu and her "male associate" Ḫazaʾil, pillaged Adummatu and brought the queen captive to Nineveh with a great booty of camels, divine statues, spices and jewels. When Esarhaddon Esarhaddon, also spelled Essarhaddon, Assarhaddon and Ashurhaddon (, also , meaning " Ashur has given me a broth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qedarites
The Qedarites () were an ancient Arab tribal confederation centred in their capital Dumat al-Jandal in the present-day Saudi Arabian province of Al-Jawf. Attested from the 9th century BC, the Qedarites formed a powerful polity which expanded its territory throughout the 9th to 7th centuries BC to cover a large area in northern Arabia stretching from Transjordan in the west to the western borders of Babylonia in the east, before later consolidating into a kingdom that stretched from the eastern limits of the Nile Delta in the west till Transjordan in the east and covered much of southern Judea (then known as Idumea), the Negev and the Sinai Peninsula.Stearns and Langer, 2001, p. 41. The Qedarites played an important role in the history of the Levant and North Arabia, where they enjoyed close relations with the nearby Canaanite and Aramaean states and became important participants in the trade of spices and aromatics imported into the Fertile Crescent and the Mediterran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ḫazaʾil
Ḫazaʾil () was a Qedarite king regnant who ruled in the 7th century BCE. He was a contemporary of the Neo-Assyrian kings Sennacherib and Esarhaddon. Life Hazael was a Qedarite king regnant and an associate of the queen of Qedar, Teʾelḫunu. When Teʾelḫunu had been defeated and taken captive by Sennacherib, the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Hazael fled from his territory. After Sennacherib's death and the ascension of Esarhaddon to the royal throne of Assyria, Hazael contacted the new king and made peace with him. Esarhaddon accepted the request for peace and returned several stolen idols to the Qedarites, and also appointed the young princess Tabūʿa to rule associated with Hazael. Hazael had a son named Yauṯaʿ whose reign is dated to around 676–652 BCE. References Arab kings Midian 7th-century BC monarchs in Asia 7th-century BC Arab people Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{Asia-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adummatu
Dumat al-Jandal (, ), also known as Al-Jawf or Al-Jouf (), which refers to Wadi Sirhan, is an ancient city of ruins and the historical capital of the Al Jawf Province, today in northwestern Saudi Arabia. It is located 37 km from Sakakah. The city stood north of the Nafud desert and at one end of Wadi Sirhan, at a major intersection of ancient trade routes part what is known as the incense route, with one branch linking the various sources of valuable goods in India and southern Arabia with Babylon, and another linking the Persian Gulf through Wadi Sirhan with southern Syria. Proceedings of a conference held in Berlin in 2011. It has a historical boundary wall and stands within an oasis. The ancient city of Duma was described as "the stronghold of the Arabians" on the Neo-Assyrian Esarhaddon Prism (cuneiforms on clay prism, 673-672 BC). Some scholars identify this site as territory of Dumah, one of the twelve sons of Ishmael mentioned in the Book of Genesis. Etymolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
