For the actress, see Humaima Malick. For the archaeological site in Egypt, see Hawara. For the Berber tribe, see El-Hawara. For the Palestinian town in the West Bank, see Huwara. For the town in northern Jordan, see Huwwarah.
Humayma (Arabic: الحميمة, romanized: al-Humayma) also spelled Humeima and Humaima, is the modern name of ancient Hawara.[1][2][3] Hawara was a trading post in southern Jordan that was founded by the Nabataean king Aretas III in the early first century BC.[1] It is located 45 km to the south of the Nabataean capital Petra and 55 km to the north of the Red Sea port town of Aqaba.[4]
The settlement was founded by Aretas III as a stop on the trade route from Petra to Gulf of Aqaba.[6] During the Greco-Roman era, it was called "Auara" (Greek: Αὔαρα), derived from "Hawara", which means "white" in Aramaic.[7]
Abbasid periodEdit
The town was the home of the Abbasid, or Banu Abbas family, around AD 700, who eventually overthrew the Umayyad dynasty and took over the title of caliph, and as such it was the birthplace of the first three Abbasid caliphs: As-Saffah (r. 750–754), Al-Mansur (r. 754–775) and Al-Mahdi (r. 775–785). The family residence of the Abbasids was a large qasr a roughly square plan, approximately 61 by 50 m, with a recessed entrance facing east, and a large central court, arguably one of the so-called desert castles, of which very little remains today.[8][9][10]
ClimateEdit
As rainfall is only 80 mm[11] annually, an extensive water storage and irrigation works lies in the ruins.[2][12]
^ abcJohn Peter Oleson. "The history and goals of the Humayma Excavation ProjectT". University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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