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c. ninth century B.C.
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Frist datable inscription from city of Raybun.
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c. fifth century B.C.
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Ba-Qutfah temple estimated to be dated to this century by its inscriptions.
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c. 300 B.C.
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Hadramawt known to Eqyptions and Greeks as one of hte areas form which frankincense was obtainde
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c. A.D. 60-100
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Shabwah mentioned by Pliny and in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea.
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A.D. 220-30
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Shabwah conquered and pillaged by King of Sabaeans.
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A.D. 631
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Contact between the Prophet and loacal Kindi leaders of Hadramawt, who vistied Medina. One was Wail ibn Hejr, another al-Ash'ath ibn Qays who remained there untl the Prophet's death.
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c. A.D. 633-c.850
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Hadramawt ruled by a governor responsible to the Caliphs of Islalm, usually through San'a in Yemen.
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A.D. 747 (A.H. 130)
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Introduction of Ibadi doctrines. For a period, form the ninth (third) century, Ibadis appear to have ruled Hadramawt, in league with Ibadis in Oman.
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mid-eleventh century A.D. (mid-fifth century A.H. )
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Intervention of Sulaihid dynasty form Yemen, introducing Shi'i rule with close ties with Fatimid Egypt.
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c. A.D. 1180 (A.H. 576)
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Bulk of Hadramawt administered by a governor for Ayyubid rulers of Yemen. Tarim, however, taken over by Banu Qahtan, and Shibam ruled by Banu al-Daar.
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A.D. 1219 (A.H. 616)
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Ibn Mahdi conquered Shibam for Ayyubids.
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A.D. 1224 (A.H. 621)
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Al-Yamni dynasty assumed control of Tarim. Rasulid Sultans, with capital at Taizz in Yemen, probably controlled most of hte rest of Wadi Hadramawt and the coast.
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A.D. 1274 (A.H. 673)
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Habudis of Zafar conquered Hadramawt.
In subsequent years Rasulids recaptured Hadramawt and destroyed the house of Habudi.
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mid-fifteenth century A.D.(mid-ninth century A.H.)
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Tahirids of Yemen, successors of Rasulids, apparently ruled Hadramawt.
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c. A.D. 1489 (A.H. 894)
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Kathiri tribe from Zafar controlled Wadi Hadramwt and much of the coast.
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sixteenth century A.D. (beginning tenth century A.H.)
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Yafii tribe from north-east of Aden brought in to aid dissident groub of Kathiris, The former, afterwards themselves split into two factions, thereafter assumed control of much of the coast and part of Wadi Hadramawt, enentually including Shibam.
Portuguese and Turks began to exert political influence, especially on the coast.
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A.D.1809(A.H. 1224)
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Wahhadi invasion of Wadi Hadramwt. after destroying many tombs and much historical and written beritage, Wahhabis retreated.
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A.D.1830 (A.H. 1246)
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Prolonged dispute lasting until 1858 (1274) between the Kathiri Sultan of Saiun and the Quaiti Suktan of Qatn for possession of Shibam, with intermittent and eventual sharing of the administration of the city between them.
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A.D. 1937-1940s (A.H. 1356-1360s)
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Hadramawt under strengthened alliance with Aden by implementation of a series of treaies with Britain.
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A.D. 1967 (A.H. 1387)
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Proclamation of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, in whivh Shabwah became part of the Fourth Govermorate.
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