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Some of the people of Thamud believed Saleh's words, but the tribal leaders refused to listen to him and continued to demand that he demonstrate a miracle to prove his prophethood. [14] In response, God gave the Thamud a blessed she-camel (Arabic: نَاقة, romanized: naaqah, lit. 'female camel'), as both a means of sustenance and a test.
The word Thamud appears in the Annals of the Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 722—705 BCE), inscribed at Dur-Sharrukin. [8] As the "Ta-mu-di", the peoples are mentioned together with the Ephah, the "Ibadidi", and the "Marsimani" as part of "the distant desert-dwelling Arabs who knew neither overseers nor officials and had not brought their tribute to any king".
[52] [53] So the term "Thamud" was not applied to the groups that lived in Mada'in Salih, such as Lihyanites and Nabataeans, [54] [55] but rather to the region itself, and according to classical sources, it was agreed upon that the only remaining group of the native people of Thamud is the tribe of Banu Thaqif which inhabited the city of Taif ...
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For the fall of the Salihids, the al-Muḥabbar, written by Hisham's pupil Ibn Habib, is considered the most important source, [7] while the Tarikh of Ya'qubi is considered "most valuable for its onomastic and toponymic precision", determining "the period of Salih's fall" and "the terms of the foedus" between the Salihids' Ghassanid successors ...
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Amongst the many narrations in the Qur'an, one historical story deals with the people of Thamud, who lived after the people of ʿĀd in pre-Islamic Arabia.As the people of the community were heavily indulgent in idolatry, besides other issues, God sent the prophet and oracle Saleh to warn them of the impending doom that they would face if they did not mend their fraudulent ways.