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The Kurkh Stele (853 BCE) tells of the Battle of Qarqar.
Aramean King Hadadezer commanded 1,200 chariots, 1,200 horsemen and 20,000 soldiers;
King Ahab of Israel sent 2,000 chariots and 10,000 soldiers.
King Gindibu of Arabia sent 1,000 camel cavalry

This is the first ever known reference to Arabs.
Gindibu was in the Syrian desert east of Transjordan.

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/kurkh-monolith-black-obelisk

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The Kurkh Monolith and Black Obelisk

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