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Iram of the Pillars (إرَم ذات العماد) is a lost city located on the Arabian Peninsula .1The Qur'an (e.g., Sura 89 ) describes Iram as a city built by the tribe of Ad that was destroyed by Allah because of the sins of its inhabitants. The ruins of the city lie buried somewhere in the sands of the Rub' al Khali . Iram (alternately spelled Irem) became known to Western literature with the translation of the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights . In the realm of contemporary fiction, the city is alluded to in the tales of H. Lovecraft as being somewhere near The Nameless City . Recent discoveries have brought Iram out of the realm of myth into history. The first came when tablets found in the archives of Ebla were found to mention Iram by name. A more recent discovery occurred when archaeologists examined photographs taken of the Persian Gulf Coast from the space shuttle Challenger in 1984 . These photos revealed a number of buried cities along the ancient frankincense trade route dating from 2800 BC and 100 BC . One, located on the eastern edge of Oman in the Dhofar province, proved to be a city known as Ubar , which is usually identified with Iram.2
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Iram of the Pillars ( Arabic : إرَم ذات العماد, Iram ḏāt al-`imād ), also called Aram , Iram , Irum , Irem , Erum , Wabar , Ubar or the City of a Thousand Pillars , is a lost city (or region surrounding the lost city) on the Arabian Peninsula .
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Iram of the Pillars ( Arabic : إرَم ذات العماد, Iram ḏāt al-`imād ), also called Aram , Iram , Irum , Irem , Erum , or the City of the tent poles is a reference to a lost city , a tribe or an area mentioned in the Quran .The New Encyclopedia of Islam (Revised ed.).
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Iram of the Pillars ( , Iram dhāt al-ʿimād ; an alternative translation is Iram of the tentpoles ), also called " Irum ", " Irem ", " Erum ", " Ubar ", or the " City of the pillars ", is a lost city , region or tribe mentioned in the Quran . The New Encyclopedia of Islam .
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Ancient tribe mentioned in the Quran Iram of the Pillars ( , Iram dhāt al-ʿimād ; an alternative translation is Iram of the tentpoles ), also called " Irum ", " Irem ", " Erum ", " Ubar ", or the " City of the pillars ", is considered a lost city , region or tribe mentioned in the Quran . The New Encyclopedia of Islam .
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Ancient tribe mentioned in the Quran For another lost land believed to be in Arabia known as Ubar or Wabar, see Atlantis of the Sands .Iram of the Pillars ( Arabic : إرَم ذَات ٱلْعِمَاد , romanized : Iram dhāt al-ʿimād ; an alternative translation is Iram of the tentpoles ), also called " Irum ", " Irem ", " Erum ", or the " City of the pillars ", is a lost city mentioned in the Quran . The New Encyclopedia of Islam .
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