ḥiṣn (English spelling) hisn

Japanese: ḥiṣn(英語表記)hisn
ḥiṣn (English spelling) hisn

...Although not a castle, the dam at Marib, built around the 8th century BCE, has megalithic walls reaching over 15 meters, some of which still remain today. It is generally said that there were no castles in the central and northern Arabian Peninsula, but the words Hisn (ḥiṣna) and qal'a mean fortresses, and they appear to have existed before Islam. In the first half of the 6th century, the story of the Arab Samau'al b.'Ādiyā, who practiced Judaism, taking refuge in the castle of al-Ablak near present-day Taimā', appears in Volume 19 of the Book of Songs, and in Samau'al's own poem there is a passage that reads, "A castle with strong walls, and a well from which water can be drawn at will..."

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Japanese:

…城郭ではないが,前8世紀ごろのマーリブのダムなど,巨石の壁が15m以上に達し,その一部は現存しているほどである。アラビア半島中北部には城らしいものはなかったとふつういわれているが,ヒスンḥiṣn(ヒスナḥiṣna),カルアqal‘aなどということばは城砦を意味し,イスラム以前から存在したらしい。6世紀の前半,ユダヤ教を奉ずるアラブのサマウアルSamau’al b.‘Ādiyāが現在のタイマーTaimā’の付近のアブラクal‐Ablakの城に立てこもった話は《歌謡の書》19巻などに見え,サマウアル自身の詩に,〈堅固な壁の城,思うままに水の汲める井戸のある……〉の一節がある。…

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