Far Harad was the southern part of Harad. It was a massive region, effectively an entire continent, that roughly corresponded to Africa. The border between Near Harad and Far Harad is unmarked.[1]
History
Far Harad was large enough to have presumably several different regions and climates, although much of it was covered in jungles. Several large rivers flowed through the continent. Much of the continent's western edge was bordered by a mountain range called the Grey Mountains, not to be confused with the Ered Mithrin.[1] During the First Age, the flat plains west of the Grey Mountains sank under the water, possibly during the War of Wrath when most of Beleriand was also sunken.
Third Age
At least some men of Far Harad were allied with Sauron in the War of the Ring, and some of them fought in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. The men of Far Harad were described in The Return of the King as "black men like half-trolls with white eyes and red tongues", as well as being called Troll-men.[2] Nothing is known of the culture or language of these men, or even in which part of Far Harad they lived.
The giant Mûmakil were found in the jungles of Far Harad, where the Haradrim captured them for domestication.
See also
Translations around the world
Foreign Language | Translated name |
Afrikaans | Verre Harad |
Albanian | Harad e Largët |
Amharic | ሩቅ ሓራድ |
Arabic | حرض بعيدة |
Armenian | Հեռավոր Հարադ |
Azerbaijani | Uzaq Harad |
Basque | Urrutiko Harad |
Belarusian Cyrillic | Далёкага Харад |
Bengali | দূরবর্তী হারাদ |
Bosnian | Daleki Harad |
Breton | Harad-Pellañ |
Bulgarian Cyrillic | Далечен Харад |
Catalan | Extrem Harad |
Cebuano | Layo Harad |
Chinese | 远哈拉德 |
Cornish | Pell Harad |
Croatian | Daleki Harad |
Czech | Dálný Harad |
Danish | Fjerne Harad |
Dutch | Verre Harad |
Esperanto | Fora Harad |
Estonian | Kaug Harad |
Faroese | FjarHarad |
Fijian | Yawa Harad |
Filipino | Malayo Harad |
French | Extrême-Harad |
Galician | Harad Extremo |
Georgian | შორეული ჰარად |
German | Weit-Harad |
Greek | Μακρινός Χαραδ |
Gujarati | ફાર હરદ |
Haitian Creole | Byen lwen Harad |
Hawaiian | Aole loa Harad |
Hebrew | הרחוק חאראד |
Hindi | सुदूर हरद |
Hungarian | Távol-Harad |
Icelandic | Harad Fjær |
Indonesian | Harad Jauh |
Irish Gaelic | Fada Harad |
Italian | Estremo Harad |
Japanese | は遠ハラド |
Javanese | Harad Adoh |
Kannada | ಫಾರ್ ಹಾರ್ಡ್ |
Kazakh Cyrillic | Қиыр Һарад (Cyrillic) Qïır Harad (Latin) |
Korean | 파 하라드 |
Kurdish | Dûr Harad (Kurmanji Kurdish) |
Kyrgyz Cyrillic | алыс Харот |
Latin | Remotus Harad |
Latvian | Tālie Harad |
Lithuanian | Tolimųjų Harad |
Luxembourgish | Wäit Harad |
Macedonian Cyrillic | Далечен Харад |
Malagasy | Lavitra Harad |
Malaysian | Harad Jauh |
Maltese | Mbiegħed Harad |
Maori | Tawhiti Harad |
Marathi | आतापर्यंत हरद |
Mongolian Cyrillic | Алс Hарад |
Navajo | Nízah Harad |
Nepalese | सुदूर हरद |
Norwegian | Ytre Harad |
Pashto | تر اوسه حاراد |
Persian | هاراد دور |
Polish | Harad Daleki |
Portuguese | Extremo Harad |
Punjabi | ਦੁਰਾਡਾ ਹਰਦ |
Romanian | Harad Departe |
Romansh | Lontan Harad |
Russian | Дальнего Харада |
Samoan | Mamao Harad |
Serbian | фар Харад (Cyrillic) Daleko Harad (Latin) |
Sesotho | Bo Hōle Harad |
Sindhi | ڏور حاراد |
Sinhalese | ඈත හරද් |
Slovak | Ďaleko Harad |
Somalian | Fog ah Harad |
Slovenian | Daljni Harad |
Spanish | Lejano Harad |
Sundanese | Jauh Harad |
Swahili | Mbali Harad |
Swedish | Fjärran Harad |
Tahitian | Atea roa Harad |
Tajik Cyrillic | дур Ҳарад |
Tamil | தொலை ஹரத் |
Telugu | ఫార్ హరద |
Thai | ห่างไกลฮารัด |
Turkish | Uzak Harad |
Turkmen | Uzak Harad |
Ukrainian Cyrillic | Далекий Гараду |
Uzbek | Узоқ Ҳарад (Cyrillic) Uzoq Harad (Latin) |
Vietnamese | Viễn Harad |
Welsh | Harad Pell |
Yiddish | ווייַט האַראַד |
Yucatec Maya | Bejla'e' Harad |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Third Age, "Introduction"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Chapter VI: "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"