List of Nabataean kings
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The Rulers of Nabataea, reigned over the Nabataean Kingdom (also rendered as Nabataea, Nabatea, or Nabathea), inhabited by the Nabataeans, located in present-day Jordan, south-eastern Syria, southern modern-day Israel, Sinai Egypt, and north-western Saudi Arabia.
The queens of the later Nabataean Kingdom appear alongside their husbands as co-rulers on their coinage.[1]
List
| Reign | Name | Arabic name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings of Nabataea | |||
| c. 169 BC | Aretas I | الحارث, Al-Ḥāriṯ or الحارثة, Al-Ḥāriṯa | |
| 120/110 to 96 BC | Aretas II | الحارث, Al-Ḥāriṯ or الحارثة, Al-Ḥāriṯa | In some sources appears as successor to Rabbel I |
| c. 96 to 85 BC | Obodas I | عُبادة, ʿubādah | |
| c. 85/84 BC | Rabbel I | رب أيل, Rabb ʾayl | In some sources appears as successor to Aretas II |
| 84 to 60/59 BC | Aretas III Philhellen | الحارث, Al-Ḥāriṯ or الحارثة, Al-Ḥāriṯa | Recognised by Rome 62 BC |
| 62/61 to 60/59 BC | Obodas II (?) | عُبادة, ʿubādah | Existence uncertain until recently; probably ruled a few months |
| 59 to 30 BC | Malichus I | مالك, Mālik | |
| 30 to 9 BC | Obodas III | عُبادة, ʿubādah | |
| 9/8 BC to 39/40 | Aretas IV Philopatris | الحارث, Al-Ḥāriṯ or الحارثة, Al-Ḥāriṯa | |
| Ḥuldo, Queen | خلدو, Ḫuldu | ||
| Šagīlat, Queen | شقيلة, Šaqīla | ||
| 39/40 to 69/70 | Malichus II | مالك, Mālik | |
| Šagīlat II, Queen | شقيلة, Šaqīla | ||
| 70/71 to 106 | Rabbel II Soter | رب أيل, Rabb ʾayl | |
| Gāmilat,[2] Queen | جميلة, Jamīla | ||
| Hagaru,[2] Queen | هاجر, Hajar | ||
| 106 | Annexed by Trajan becoming the Roman province of Arabia Petraea | ||