Kingdom of Awsan

Ausan ( altsüdarabisch ʾ ws1n Aus1ān ) was an ancient kingdom in Yemen, which in the 8th century AD and BC once existed at the birth of Christ.

Ausan is the least known kingdom in southern Arabia. It was located in southern Yemen, northeast of Aden. The location of its capital Miswar is still not assured. Around 700 BC conquered the Ausan not previously mentioned Qataban and west of Hadramaut and thus dominated the coastal areas of Yemen. This allowed probably a maritime trade, then apparently took the port city Tafid the position which Aden held later.

In the reign of the Sabaean ruler Karib'il watar I. ( probably around 685 BC) there was a conflict with the emerging Saba, which was supported by Qataban, Hadramaut and the city states Haram and Kaminahu. After several campaigns of the Sabeans Ausan was defeated and conquered. Ausan and its vassal states Kahad, Dahas and Tubanaw were added to the allies Qataban. After Qataban had won its independence from Saba in the 4th century BC, Ausan, Kahad, Dahas and Tubanaw appear in the royal titulary qatabanischen as outdoor areas Qatabans. Only in the first (?) Century BC, the empire Ausan together with other qatabanischen areas could re- constituted before it was probably conquered by the Himyarites.

List of kings of Ausan

This list follows Kenneth A. Kitchen.

• ' Amkarib, 8th Century, father of DKR ʾ l lhyn
• DKR ʾ l lhyn to 700, was entitled " Mukarrib ," father of a Muratta '
• Muratta '(or Martaw ), 7th Century BC, defeated I of Karib'il watar,
• Ma'ad'il to Nativity
• Yasuduq'il Far'a, 1st century AD
• Ma'ad'il Salhan, 1st century AD
• Yasuduq'il Far'a Scharah'at, 1st century AD
• ' Ammyitha ' Ghaylaan Gaschmu