Kalamn king of Madyan
كلمن ملك مدين
King of Madyan in Shu'ayb's day — one of the six kings whose names al-Mas'udi gives the abjad letters; the Day of the Shadow fell in his reign and his daughter Haritha mourned him from the Hijaz 1.
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- Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Overview
A king of Madyan in the time of Shu'ayb, according to al-Mas'udi. 1
In al-Mas'udi
Al-Mas'udi counts him among the kings of the Banu al-Mahd ibn Jandal, whose names the letters of the abjad were named after. In his reign was the punishment of the Day of the Shade, and he was succeeded by his daughter Haritha, who was in the Hijaz. 1
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Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 459
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