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Awsan

Ancient South Arabian kingdom Kingdom of AwsanQatabanian: 𐩱𐩥𐩯𐩬; Arabic: أوسان8th century BC–7th century BC Core territory Peripheral territory Wadis ● Hajar Yahirr ○ Niṣāb CapitalḤajar YaḥirrCommon languagesOld South ArabianReligion Arabian paganismHistory • Established 8th century BC• Disestablished 7th century BC Succeeded by Qataban Saba' Today part ofYemen Part of a series on theHistory of Yemen Timeline Ancient history Kingdom of Awsan (c. 800 – c. 700 BC) Kingdom of Saba' (c. 1200 – c. 275 CE) Kingdom of Ḥaḑramawt (c. 1000 – c. 290 BCE) Kingdom of Qatabān (c. 1000 – c. 200 AD) Kingdom of Ma'in (c. 600 – c. 150 BCE) Kingdom of Ḥimyar (c. 110 – c. 525 CE) Axumite Yemen (c. 517 – c. 570 ) Sasanian Yemen (c. 570 – c. 630 ) Islamic history First Islamic state (c. 622 – c. 632) Rashidun Caliphate Umayyad Caliphate Abbasid Caliphate Ziyadid dynasty Najahid dynasty Sulayhid dynasty Zurayids (266–316) Hamdanids (304–439) Mahdids (304–439) Ayyubid dynasty Rasulid dynasty Tahirid state (266–316) Kathiri State (304–439) Modern history Ottoman Eyalet Qasimid state Aden Protectorate Ottoman vilayet Mutawakkilite Kingdom South Yemen (1967–1990) North Yemen (1962–1990) Unified Yemen (1990-present) Related topics Portuguese Socotra Yemeni unification 1994 Civil War Yemeni revolution Civil war (2014–present) COVID-19 pandemic Red Sea crisis Yemen portalvte The Kingdom of Awsan, commonly known simply as Awsan (Qatabanian: 𐩱𐩥𐩯𐩬, romanized: ʾwsn; Arabic: أوسان, romanized: ʾAwsān), was a kingdom in Ancient South Arabia, centered around a wadi called the Wadi Markha.

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