the lost city of iram/ubar 9591353082, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 2.5 Five thousand years ago, a grand city in the deserts of Oman formed the center of the valuable frankincense trade.
Iran is a nation that figures prominently in the news these days.Three years ago (Sept. 2001) after the terrorist attacks upon America, President George Bush mentioned the nation of Iran and depicted it as being one of the notorious members of the now infamous “axis of evil” nations. The city where Lut resided is referred to as Sodom in the Old Testament. It was called the “Atlantis of the Sands,” and it was mentioned in both the Arabian Nights and the Quran. The City of Iram The Qur’an mentions a city by the name of Iram (89:7).
Kedar was Abraham’s grandson, and the second son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:13). It is not a major focal point of the Bible, but we do learn some pretty interesting things about the city. This fabled city, which has excited the curiosity of explorers for hundreds of years, grew out of the frankincense trade to become one of the most powerful cities in the region. For a long time, Ubar was the stuff of legend. Archaeological studies reveal that the city is located in the area of the Dead Sea which stretches along the Israel-Jordan border.
Much research has tied Ubar to the city Iram in the Koran and to Omanum Emporium on the maps of Claudius Ptolemy, the Alexandrian geographer of … Iran in Bible Prophecy The Prince of Persia by: Darrell G. Young October, 2004. Ubar is believed to have been the Omanum Emporiam, Irem (Iram) That Al Emad (Imad), Wabar, Ubar or the mythical lost city in "Arabian Nights" Omanum Emporiam was first mentioned in about 200 AD by Arabian geographers when it was described as a major market town in the "Empty Quarter" and at the crossroads for the frankincense trade. Modern discoveries suggest that the Biblical Ophir might be identified with Ubar, the legendary lost city of gold in southern Arabia. >>Lost City of Ubar Discovered >[article deleted] >The article that was released in the Boston _Globe_ also made mention >that the city, which housed only around 100 people or so on a >continuing basis although many more camped outside the city walls, was >apparently destroyed when a large sinkhole formed under it in the >limestone. A circular wall surrounds the compound, which includes the shrine containing the tomb as well as a mosque. Being situated at the north of the Red Sea, this community is understood to have been destroyed just as it is written in the Qur’an. Twelve times to be exact. Thomas, who showed great interest in the subject, died before being able to complete his research. He also founded a city that is mentioned quite a few times in scripture. Jabal Al Qar consists of a small ridge that dominates a desolate, rocky terrain broken up here and there by spots of grass and frankincense trees. In one of the trips he made to the region, the bedouins living in the desert had shown him well-worn tracks and stated that these tracks led toward the ancient city of Ubar.
From ancient accounts, the basis for Ubar's existence was frankincense, a sweet smelling incense then as valuable as gold.