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Late pre-Islamic archaeological assemblage/period centred in the eastern Sultanate of Oman (Sharqiyya), named eponymously after the site of Samad al-Shaʾn. Otherwise, ‘Samad period’/‘Samad assemblage’.
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The settlement of Samāhīj, in Bahrain, is of historical significance. Possibly linked to the episcopal see of Mašmahig, recent archaeological excavations unveiled a structure dating from the 6th to 8th centuries CE, possibly a monastery. Evidence includes Christian artifacts and architectural parallels connecting it to the wider Gulf region.
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See Dhamarī
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Samsara (Temple of Wadd dhū-Masmaʿim)
Isolated temple dedicated to the South Arabian deity Wadd. It is located on the western side of the jabal Balaq al-Qiblī (Yemen) and was in use during the first half of the first millennium BCE.
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Now the capital of the Republic of Yemen, the city of Ṣanʿāʾ appears in textual sources around the 1st cent. CE. It gradually emerged as one of the centres of power of the kingdom of Sabaʾ before becoming one of the main cities of the Yemeni highlands in late antiquity and early Islam.
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Sarūq al-Ḥadīd is an archaeological site located in the northeastern extension of the Rubʿ al-Khālī, on the southern border of the Emirate of Dubai, approximately 45 km from the Persian Gulf coast. The site is characterised by archaeological remains dating from the Neolithic to the Islamic period, with a particularly rich concentration of early Iron Age material likely reflecting periodic group aggregations associated with cultic and craft activities.
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The Sasanian family ruled the Iranian empire from the early 3rd to the mid-7th centuries CE. At various points during this period, they worked to extend their influence and control over the Arabian Peninsula, particularly in eastern and southern Arabia.
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See Saybān