 The mention of a king of Dedan in the "Nabonidus Chronicle" suggests that the kingdom of Lihyan cannot have come into existence before Nabonidus' arrival in northwest Arabia in 552 BC.This provides the kingdom with a floruit of 552–353 BC.The Lihyanite kingdom went through three different stages, the early phase of Lihyan Kingdom was around the end of the 7th century BC, started as a Sheikdom of Dedan then developed into the Kingdom of Lihyan tribe.