Hadhramaut Mountains Explained

Hadhramaut Mountains
Other Name:	(Arabic: جِبَال حَضْرَمَوْت) (Arabic: جِبَال ٱلْمَهْرَة, Mahrat Mountains)
Region:	Arabia
Coordinates:	15.3°N 50.7°W
Map:	Yemen#Middle East#West Asia
Map Relief:	1

The Hadhramaut Mountains (Arabic: جِبَال حَضْرَمَوْت|Jibāl Ḥaḍramawt),^[1] also known as the "Mahrat Mountains"^[2] (Arabic: جِبَال ٱلْمَهْرَة|Jibāl Al-Mahrah), are a mountain range in Yemen.^[3] They are contiguous with the Omani Dhofar Mountains to the northeast,^[4] and James Canton considered Aden in the southwest to be in the mountains' recesses.^[5]

Historically, the area was ruled by Qu'aiti and Kathiri sultanates. The tribal society (Hadramatis) grows wheat and millet, produces also dates, coconuts, and coffee. The area was also known for its frankincense.

Geology

See also: Geology of Yemen, Geography of Yemen and Hadhramaut.

The south side of the mountains touches the Gulf of Aden, with steep cliffs descending onto a narrow and arid coastal plain. The northern slopes are lowering onto the Rub' al Khali desert (the "Empty Quarter"). The broad mountain plateau is intersected by deep wadis cut by seasonal streams that generally flow in the northern and northeastern direction emptying into a main channel (Wadi Hadhramaut, changing the name to Wadi Masila downstream) that makes a southeast swing of 500mile to the ocean. Despite seasonality of the streams, the water is generally available year-round sub-surface in the wadis.

See also

• Al Mahrah Governorate – partly covered by the range
• Hajhir Mountains
• Hadhramaut Governorate
• Hadhramaut Region

Bibliography

• Book: Sattout, Eva . Geological heritage in the Arab region: Value for research and Development . UNESCO Publishing . 2020 . 978-92-3-100404-9 . https://books.google.com/books?id=Z9FjEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA155 . 2024-04-14 . Hadhramaut Mountains.
• Book: Arabia . 1920 . Great Britain. Foreign Office. . London, H. M. Stationery office . a22000920 . G.W. . Prothero.
• Book: Bujra, Abdallah . Brehony . Noel . Hadhramaut and its Diaspora: Yemeni Politics, Identity and Migration . . 2017 . 978-1-78672-167-9 . https://books.google.com/books?id=iR2XDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT22 . Introduction . 2024-04-14.

Notes and References

1. Book: Bilādī, ʿĀtiq ibn Ghayth . بين مكة وحضرموت: رحلات ومشاهدات . دار مكة . 1982 . ar.
2. Book: Cavendish, Marshall . Marshall Cavendish . World and Its Peoples: The Middle East, Western Asia, and Northern Africa . . 2006 . 0-7614-7571-0 . 9–144 . I: Geography and climate.
3. Book: Scoville, Sheila A. . Gazetteer of Arabia: a geographical and tribal history of the Arabian Peninsula . Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt . 2006 . 0-7614-7571-0 . 2 . 117–122.
4. Book: Ghazanfar . Shahina A. . Shahina A. Ghazanfar . Vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula . Fisher . Martin . 2013-04-17 . . 978-9-4017-3637-4 . . 27–55 . 1–2 . https://books.google.com/books?id=uc_tCAAAQBAJ&q=hadhramaut+highlands&pg=PA52.
5. Book: Canton, James . James Canton . From Cairo to Baghdad: British Travellers in Arabia . 2014-08-25 . . 978-0-8577-3571-3 . . 91 . 4: Modernising Arabia.