Kingdom of Kinda
The Kingdom of Kinda (Arabic: مملكة كندة, romanized: Mamlakat Kindah, lit. 'The Kingdom of Kinda') also called the Kindite kingdom, was a central Arabian kingdom ruled by the Hujrid dynasty that existed from the 3rd century CE to the 6th century CE. The Kinda originated from Ghamr Dhi Kinda, located about 90 kilometers northwest of modern Mecca, near the important trade routes that connected southern Arabia with the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. This early homeland positioned them within the commercial and political sphere of the Incense Road, and they appear to have been known to Greek and Roman sources as the Kanraîtai (Κανρᾶῖται) and the Kinaidokolpitai (Κιναϊδοκολπιταί), the earliest recorded reference to the Kindites.