-
Andalusia
Arab lineages and tribes documented by Lisan al-Din ibn al-Khatib (1313 AD – 1374 AD) in Andalusia. “Andalusian civilization, which was more beautiful and greater than any other, was not based on a Persian or Greek foundation. Indeed, it was more purely Arab than Arab civilizations anywhere else.” The Arab people of Andalusia remained keen…
-
Do we have evidence of People Self-Identifying as ‘Arab’ before Islam?
That Oxford Study was written before the discovery of these two Arabic Inscriptions from North Jordan. There is also the famous Arabic Namara Inscription (South Syria, 328 CE). The Only Three Pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions with evidence of someone self identifying as ‘Arab’.
-
When did Arabic spread to Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Oman & Yemen?
Answer: No evidence of Arabic discovered. Those Regions were largely Arabized After Islam. Sources: Dr Ahmad Al Jallad, Harvard PhD Linguist
-
When did Arabic spread South into Hegaz & Nejd?
Answer: Middle-Late 1st Millennium BC & Early 1st Millennium AD. Map below is helpful from Page 14 of Historical grammar of Arabic. Nabataean expansion important. Sources: Dr Ahmad Al Jallad, Harvard PhD Linguist.
-
What Languages were spoken in the Peninsula before Arabization?
Answer: Many different languages such as Taymanitic, Dadanitic, various forms of Thamudic, Hasaitic, Sabaic, Minaic & many more. Sources: Both maps by Dr Ahmad Al Jallad, Harvard PhD Linguist.
-
Did the Peninsula Originally speak Arabic?
Answer: No. Arabic was spoken in the North at Dumat Al Jandal & Tabuk but it spread to the South Later. The Region was Linguistically diverse. Sources: Dr Ahmad Al Jallad, Harvard PhD Linguist (Map Page 19 Historical grammar of Arabic)
-
Where do we find the Greatest concentration of Arabic texts in the Pre-Islamic period?
Answer: Jordan/SE Syria. Particularly The Lands East of the Hauran. Around 50,000 Arabic (Safaitic/Hismaic) texts discovered in this Region. Source: Dr Ahmad Al Jallad, Harvard PhD Linguist.
-
Where did the First Arabic Speakers live? What is the Original Homeland of the Arabic Language?
Answer: South Levant + North KSA (Map Below). They were centered around the Hauran in SE Syria/NE Jordan. Source: Dr Ahmad Al Jallad, Harvard PhD Linguist.
-
Where is the Oldest Arabic Inscription in the world found?
Answer: Bayir, Jordan (Iron Age II, 1000 BC – 550 BC). Source: Dr Ahmad Al Jallad, Harvard PhD Linguist
-
If the Gulf was not referred to as ‘Arabia’, what did the Achaeminids call the Region instead?
Answer: Gulf Region (Oman/UAE) is originally known as Magan/Makka (since Akkadian era). People known as ‘Macians’. Source: Robert Hoyland, Oxford University.