The Nabataean Kingdom
مملكة الأنباط
The strong north-Hijazi kingdom of the sons of Nabit ibn Ismail in the traditional account, capital at Petra, which dominated the peninsula’s fringes until Rome broke it.
At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
The Nabataean kingdom: the strong government of Nabat's sons at Petra in the northern Hijaz, until the Romans undid it.
In the sira presentation
Al-Mubarakpuri devotes a chapter to government and rule among the Arabs before Islam, dividing the peninsula's rulers into non-independent crowned kings (Yemen's kings, the Ghassanid house and al-Hira's kings) and independent tribal chiefs 1.
People and things also explored
The Second Abyssinian Occupation of YemenThe Battle of Dhu QarThe Conquest of KhaybarThe Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)The death of Abdullah ibn Ubayy and the Prophet's prayer over himThe Expedition of Banu al-Mustaliq (al-Muraysi')The expedition of Usama ibn Zayd
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Tarikh Ard al-Quran — Sulayman al-Nadwi
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Nabataean Kingdom”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/polity/nabataean-kingdom/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.