Gindibu

Gindibu (Akkadian: ; ) was a Qedarite Arab king. He is notable for being the first Arab to be mentioned in any Semitic language inscriptions thus far discovered and deciphered in the region's historical record.

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Qedarite
Occupation: monarch
Position held: king
Participant in: Battle of Qarqar
Noble title: king

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Reign
Background
Battle of Qarqar
Aftermath
References
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==Reign== ===Background=== Gindibu ruled over an Arab kingdom located in the northeastern parts of present-day Jordan, on the eastern borders of the Assyrian province of Haurina (Hauran) established by Tiglath-Pileser III in 732 BC. The kingdom spanned the Azraq oasis and Wadi Sirhan, and was bordered by the powerful kingdoms of Aram-Damascus and Israel in the west, although Gindibu himself was independent of Damascene hegemony.

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