Nashshan (Minaean: 𐩬𐩦𐩬 romanized: NŠN, Našān; modern day Kharbat Al-Sawda',[1] Arabic: خربة السوداء, romanized: Ḵirba al-Sawdāʾ) is the name of an ancient South Arabian city in the northern al-Jawf region of present day Yemen, originally independent but later subsumed into the territory of the ancient Kingdom of Ma'in between the 6th and 4th centuries BC.

[4] Originally autonomous and independent from its neighbours, it was allied with the Kingdom of Saba in the 8th century BC, as attested by documents from the time of the Sabaean king Yatha' Amar Watar and his royal Nashshanite contemporary, Malikwaqah.

[7] This may have been caused by the growing power of Nashshan, and its rising influence over the Jawf, since the relevant deed reports do not mention any infractions of loyalty or other hostilities.

In the 7th century BC, the great Sabaean mukarrib and conqueror, Karib'il Watar, launched a campaign that successfully overpowered and defeated Nashshan.

Nashshān, and its neighbours, Haram (Yemen), Kaminahu and Inabba' were similar in that they were civil temple settlements and city states, and inscriptions in all four towns are in the Minaean language.