A great bedouin tribe of Hadramawt, Quda'a by genealogy, strong enough to take much of Hadramawt in 599 AH (1203) while Abd Allah ibn Rashid was besieging al-Shihr.
They submit again in 606 AH (1209) and later back the lords of Zafar in Hadramawt (673 AH). Their range in 1200 is not recorded; in later times their camps lay north of the wadi towards the sands, which is where they are drawn.
Who holds it
- Name
- Not known for 1199-1200
- Title
- Shaykhs of the Nahd
- Since
- Not known
- Confidence
- low
Overlord
None; the Al Rashid claim their obedience.
What it holds
- Pastures and wells of the northern jol and the edge of the sands (approximate)
Allies and rivals
Against the Al Rashid when pressed for dues.
How things stand that morning
Self-governing; hostile to Abd Allah ibn Rashid by turns.
Threats
- Rashidid campaigns
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- 599 AH (1202-1203)The Nahd take much of Hadramawt.Depends on: Abd Allah's absence at al-Shihr. Stopped by: A settlement with them.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Named in the chronicles; range drawn from later centuries.
On the map: The range is a later one projected back; not pinned for 1200.
Primary sources for The Bedouin
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- History of the Observant Traveller (A Traveller in Thirteenth-Century Arabia), Ibn al-Mujawir (Jamal al-Din Yusuf ibn Ya'qub) (about 1226 to 1232). A merchant-traveller's description of western and southern Arabia a generation after 1200: Mecca and the Hijaz ports, the Red Sea crossing, Zabid and the Tihama, Aden with its customs and tariffs, the Hadramawt coast, Dhofar and Oman, Socotra, and the opposite African shore at Zeila and the Dahlak islands. Read online
Sources and studies
- 'Rasidiler' (the Al Rashid of Hadramawt), TDV Islam Ansiklopedisi (after al-Shatiri, Adwar al-tarikh al-Hadrami; Salih al-Hamid, Tarikh Hadramawt; Ibn Awad, Jawahir tarikh al-Ahqaf; Yahya ibn al-Husayn, Ghayat al-amani; G. R. Smith, 'Hadramawt', EI2 Suppl.)
- 'al-Habudiyyun' (the Habudi dynasty), Arabic encyclopedia page after Shanbal, Ibn al-Mujawir, Ibn al-Athir and al-Khazraji
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.