The Harad Road, or the South Road, was an ancient[1] road that was used by the armies of Harad to come to Mordor.[2]
Course[]
The Harad Road began at the Cross-roads of the Fallen King[3] and ran southwards across South Ithilien,[4][5] before passing over the Crossings of Poros into South Gondor. The road then soon crossed over the ford over the Harnen and went on into Haradwaith[6] for an untold length.[7]
History[]
It is untold when the Harad Road was made, it is known that it was built by the Gondorians,[1] though some form of the road may have been used as a trading route before Gondor was founded. The actual structure of the road itself must have been made at some point between the year 3320 of the Second Age when Gondor was founded, and the year 1050 of the Third Age when Ciryaher led a great army by land to Umbar after spending several decades making preparations. It is probable that the construction of the road may have been apart of these preparations.[8]
During the days of the War of the Ring, the Rangers of Ithilien under Boromir and Faramir never passed "east of the Road",[9] though it is untold whether it was in relation to the Harad Road or the North Road of Ithilien.
On March 7 of the year 3019, an army of Haradrim that came north from the Harad Road were ambushed by Faramir and the Rangers of Ithilien near Henneth Annûn on the North Road of Ithilien. Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee witnessed the battle after meeting the Rangers, but were taken captive after it.[1][10]
After the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, some scouts in the Army of the West had "reported that no enemies remained upon the roads east as far as the Cross-roads of the Fallen King",[11] including on the Harad Road.
Etymology[]
Harad is the Sindarin word for "south",[12] making the road translate to "South Road".
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Harad Pad |
| Albanian | Rruga Harad |
| Amharic | ሃራድ መንገድ |
| Arabic | طريق هاراد |
| Armenian | Հարադ րոադ |
| Assamese | হাৰাদ ৰাস্তা |
| Azerbaijani | Harad Yolu |
| Basque | Harad errepidea |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Харад Дарога |
| Bengali | হারাদ রাস্তা |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Път Харад |
| Catalan | Carretera de Harad |
| Cebuano | Harad Dalan |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 哈拉德道 |
| Corsican | Strada di Harad |
| Croatian | Harad Cesta |
| Czech | Harad Silnice |
| Danish | Haradvejen |
| Dutch | Harad Weg |
| Esperanto | Harad Vojo |
| Estonian | Harad Tee |
| Faroese | Haradvegurin |
| Finnish | Haradin tie |
| French | Route du Harad |
| Galician | Estrada de Harad |
| German | Harad Straße |
| Greek | Χαράδ Δρόμος |
| Gujarati | હરદ રોઅદ |
| Hebrew | חאראד רואד |
| Hindi | हरड़ रोड |
| Hungarian | Harad Út |
| Icelandic | Harad vegur |
| Indonesian | Jalan Harad |
| Irish Gaelic | Bóthar Harad |
| Italian | Strada di Harad |
| Japanese | ハラド道 |
| Javanese | Dalan Harad |
| Kannada | ಹರಾದ್ ರಸ್ತೆ |
| Kazakh | Харад жолы (Cyrillic) Xarad jolı (Latin) |
| Korean | 하라드도로 |
| Kurdish | ڕێگای هەراد (Sorani) Riya Harad (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Харад жолу |
| Latvian | Harad Ceļš |
| Lithuanian | Harado Kelias |
| Luxembourgish | Harad Strooss |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Патот Харад |
| Malaysian | Jalan Harad |
| Malayalam | ഹരാദ് റോഡ് |
| Maltese | Triq Harad |
| Marathi | हरड रस्ता |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Харад зам |
| Nepalese | हरड सडक |
| Norwegian | Harad Vei |
| Pashto | هاراد سړک |
| Persian | جاده هاراد |
| Polish | Droga do Haradu |
| Portuguese | Estrada da Harad |
| Punjabi | ਹਰਾਦ ਸੜਕ |
| Romanian | Drumul Harad |
| Russian | Дорога Харад |
| Serbian | Пут Харад (Cyrillic) Put Harad (Latin) |
| Sicilian | Strada di Harad |
| Sinhalese | හරද් මාර්ගය |
| Spanish | Carretera de Harad |
| Sundanese | Jalan Harad |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Роҳи Харад |
| Tamil | ஹராத் சாலை |
| Telugu | హరాద్ రోడ్డు |
| Thai | ถนนฮารัด |
| Turkish | Harad Yolu |
| Turkmen | Harad Ýoly |
| Slovak | Harad Cesta |
| Slovenian | Cesta Harad |
| Swahili | Barabara ya Harad |
| Swedish | Harad Väg |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Дорог Гарад |
| Urdu | ہراد روڈ |
| Uzbek | Ҳарад йўли (Cyrillic) Harad yo'li (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Đường Harad |
| Welsh | Ffordd Harad |
| Yiddish | האַראַד וועג |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Four, chapter IV: "Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit", pgs. 267-9
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Four, chapter III: "The Black Gate is Closed", pgs. 250, 254
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Four, chapter VII: "Journey to the Cross-roads", pgs. 310-11
- ↑ Catherine McIlwaine, Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, "Map of part of Gondor", pg. 389
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, The War of the Ring, Part Two: "The Ring Goes East", VII: "Journey to the Cross-roads", Minas Morghul and the Cross-roads (map), pg. 181
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" (map)
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, "General Map of Middle-earth"
- ↑ "Harad Road" on "The Encyclopedia of Arda"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Four, chapter VI: "The Forbidden Pool", pgs. 300-1
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Four, chapter V: "The Window on the West", pg. 277
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, chapter X: "The Black Gate Opens", pgs. 159-63
- ↑ Parma Eldalamberon 17, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", pg. 88 (entry S harad)