title: Al-Qaum
text: # Al-Qaum
  
  Al-Qaum (Arabic: القوم) was the Nabataean god of war and the night, and guardian of caravans.
  
  Large numbers of inscriptions bearing his name have been found, and archaeologists believe that he was a major god of the Nabataean pantheon.
  
  ## In popular culture
  
  A black metal band in Saudi Arabia, Al-Namrood, uses this pantheon as inspiration for its music.
  
  Al-Qaum is the name of one of the Exodan fleet spaceships in the 2018 novel Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers.
  
  