Historians claim that Arabs left the central region to form kingdoms in Egypt, the Levant, and Iraq.
RIYADH: A renowned Saudi Arabian historian has stated that just a handful of tribes subsequently identified as Arabs resided in the region currently known as the Arabian Peninsula in antiquity and modern times, with other ethnicities only briefly residing there. During a panel discussion titled "Ancient Arabic Writings" at the Riyadh International Book Fair, Dr. Suleiman Al-Theeb, a professor of ancient Arabic inscriptions at King Saud University, shared some of his research findings. The panelists focused on the deep-rooted cultural heritage of the Kingdom and the Arabian Peninsula, the Saudi Press Agency said on Sunday. The Kingdom's Literature, Publishing, and Translation Commission arranged the fair, which took place from September 26 to October 5. Al-Theeb discussed the meanings of texts in Arabic script and old Arab inscriptions throughout the debates. He said that in the eighth and ninth centuries B.C.E., during the Assyrian era, a group of tribes were referred to