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Shaddād (Arabic:شدّاد), also known as Shaddād bin ʽĀd (شدّاد بن عاد), was believed to be the king of the lostArabian city ofIram of the Pillars, an account of which is mentioned inSura 89 of theQur'an. Various sources suggest Shaddad was the son of 'Ad al-Miltat ibn Saksak ibn Wa'il ibnHimyar.[1]
His story is found in the 277th through 279th nights of theTales of the Arabian Nights(The Book of One Thousand and One Nights) the tale described him as a universal king who ruled over the world and the one who built the city of gold.
Brothers Shadīd (شديد) and Shaddād are said to have reigned in turn over the 1,000 Adite tribes, each consisting of several thousand men. It is said Shaddad brutally subdued all Arabia andIraq. Many Arab writers tell of an expedition of Shaddād that caused theCanaanite migration, their settling in Syria, and the Shepherd invasion of Egypt.
According to theQuran,Iram of the Pillars was a city of occult worshippers of stone idols, who defied the warnings of the prophetHud. To punish them, God sent a drought. But the people would not repent, so they were destroyed by a furious wind, from which only prophet Hud and a few believers emerged.
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