HADRAMOUT, Nov. 03 (Saba) - Hadramout is the province with the largest territory in the republic of Yemen with diverse relief divided into coastal plains comprising of many enchanting beaches on the Arabian Sea.
It lies in the southeast of Yemen bordered by Mahra province on the east and Shabwa province on the east.
Hadramout in the ancient history of Yemen is one of the ancient Yemenite states whose prosperity at the onset of the first millennium BC was on the Valley Banks between the chains of mountain and the desert of the Empty Quarter the east of Yemen.
Through the ancient Yemenite inscriptions discovered up to date it is possible to say that Hadramout in its ancient times was a vassal state of the Sabean dynasty which was the biggest and most powerful ancient State in Southern Arabia.
Mukalla is the capital of Hadramout and one of Yemen's ports on the Arabian Sea. It was known as Khaisa or Bandar Yakoub and has been called Mukalla only recently. Fishermen were the first to settle in Mukalla, having immigrated from adjacent regions.
Sayun is a city in Hadramout, 320 km away from Mukalla and the administrative capital of the wadi. It has flourished as the capital of the wadi since the 15th century AD. This city is mentioned in the old Musnad inscriptions. Classical historians state that it was a major city for the dynasties of Hadramout, Hemyar, and Kendah.
There are many wadis in the province, the biggest of which is Wadi Hadramout and its many tributaries.
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