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Lihyan (Arabic: لحيان) is an ancient Arab kingdom. It was located in northwestern Arabia, and is known for its Old North Arabian inscriptions dating to ca. the 6th to 4th centuries BC. Dedanite is used for the older phase of the history of this kingdom since their capital name was Dedan (see Biblical Dedan), which is now called Al-`Ula oasis located in northwestern Arabia, some 110 km southwest of Teima.
Little is known about the Lihyan kingdom: the Arab genealogies consider the Banu Lihyan to be descended from the Adnanite Arabs from the Hothail tribes. The descendants of Lihyan ibn Hothail founded the Arab kingdom of Lihyan, and presently live in the desert between Mecca and Jeddah.
The ancient Lihyanites were the sons of Lihyan ibn Hothail, the rulers of northwestern Hijjaz before Quraish, and controlled the well of Zamzam along with Quraish and Khoza'ah.
Their cities included Higra, Al-`Ula, Al-Khuraibah, Teima, Oman.[citation needed]
Kings of Lihyan: