A town of the middle wadi between Shibam and Tarim.
Its great days as the seat of the Kathiri sultans come centuries later; in 1200 it is a lesser place than Shibam and Tarim.
Who holds it
- Name
- Not pinned (within the reach of Abd Allah ibn Rashid, who took Bur nearby in 594 AH)
- Title
- Not pinned
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
Not pinned; probably the Al Rashid.
How things stand that morning
In the Rashidid sphere; not pinned.
Charter
None known: southern Arabian towns had no charters; the lord or his deputy, the judge (qadi) and the notables answer for the town.
Council
Not recorded for 1199-1200.
Communities
Arab farmers and townsmen.
Fairs and markets
No fair dates recorded for 1199-1200.
Militia
Not recorded for 1199-1200.
Walls and castle
Not described for 1200.
Trade and crafts
Dates and grain.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: No dated mention for 1199-1200 found.
Primary sources for Hadramawt
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
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.