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Abraha
Abraha, also known as Abraha al-Ashram or Abrahah, was an Ethiopian Christian commander who took the Himyarite throne around 535 and ruled Yemen until the 560s.
Abraha Dhu'l-Manar
Abraha Dhu'l-Manar (أبرهة ذو المنار) is a legendary Himyarite king of Yemen, counted among the Tubbaʿ kings and known only from Arabic literary tradition, not inscriptions.
Abyada' Yathi'
Abyada' Yathi', also written 'Abiyada' Yathi', was a king of Ma'in in ancient South Arabia whose 5th-century BCE reign opened the kingdom's golden age of construction and trade.
As'ad Abu Karib
As'ad Abu Karib, also known as Tubbaʿ Abū Karib Asʿad, was a king of Ḥimyar in ancient South Arabia who reigned from about 384 to 433 CE.
Charibael
Charibael (Sabaic Karibʾīl) was the first-century king of the Homerites and Sabaites in southern Arabia, ruling from Ẓafar and a friend of the Roman emperors.
Dhamar Ali Yahbur
Dhamar Ali Yahbur, also Dhamarʿalī Yuhabirr, was a Ḥimyarite king of Sabaʾ and dhū-Raydān who reigned around 135–165 CE and was succeeded by his son Thaʾrān Yaʿub.
Dhu Shanatir
Dhu Shanatir, also known as Zu Shenatir (ذو شناتر), is a tyrannical usurper of the throne of Himyar in Yemen known only from Arabic tradition, killed by Dhu Nuwas.
Hassan Yuha'min
Hassan Yuha'min (Hasan Yuha'min) was a Himyarite king of the early 5th century AD who ruled as co-king with his father Abu Karib As'ad and is named in the Yemeni inscription Ry 509.
Hawfi'amm Yuhan'im
Hawfi'amm Yuhan'im was a king of Qataban in ancient South Arabia, in present-day Yemen, attested in inscriptions and coins of the 2nd or 1st century BC.
Il'azz Yalut
Il'azz Yalut was a king of Hadramawt in ancient South Arabia, ruling in the early 3rd century CE and defeated in war by the Sabaean king Sha'rum Awtar.
Ilīsharaḥ Yaḥḍub
Ilīsharaḥ Yaḥḍub (Ilsharah Yahdub) was a king of Sabaʾ and dhū-Raydān in ancient South Arabia who reigned about 120 to 125 AD, seized Marib, and fought Qatabān and Ḥimyar.
Lakhni'ah Yanuf
Lakhni'ah Yanuf (Sabaic Lḥyʿt Ynf) was a late-fifth-century Himyarite king of ancient South Arabia, attested in the inscription RES 4969 as a son and co-regent of Sharhabil Yakkuf.
Ma'adikarib Ya'fur
Ma'adikarib Ya'fur (Maʿdīkarib Yaʿfur) was a Christian king of Himyar in the early sixth century, the first attested Christian ruler of the kingdom and predecessor of Dhu Nuwas.
Malkikarib Yuha'min
Malkikarib Yuha'min was a Himyarite king who ruled Saba' and dhu-Raydan from about 375 to 400 CE, in whose reign royal inscriptions turned to worship of Rahmanan.
Marthad'ilan Yanuf
Marthad'ilan Yanuf, also transliterated Marthadʾilān Yanūf, was a king of the Himyarite kingdom in southern Arabia, reigning from about 500 to 515 or 518 CE.
Marthad'ilan Yu'nim
Marthad'ilan Yu'nim, also rendered Marthadʾilān Yuʾnim, was a king of Ḥimyar and Sabaʾ in ancient South Arabia who reigned around 480–485 CE, in the last generation of independent Himyarite kings.
Masruq
Masruq, or Masruq ibn Abraha, was the son and successor of Abraha and the last Aksumite ruler of Himyar in Yemen, overthrown by the Persians around 570.
Nasha'karib Yuha'min Yuharhib
Nasha'karib Yuha'min Yuharhib (نشأكرب يهأمن يهرحب) was a King of Saba and Dhu Raydan in ancient South Arabia, reigning in the later 3rd century AD.
Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan
Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan, also rendered Saif ibn Dhi Yazan, was a sixth-century Himyarite king of Yemen who persuaded Khosrow I to send a Persian expedition that expelled the Ethiopian occupiers.
Sha'ir Awtar
Sha'ir Awtar (Sha'irum Awtar, شعرم أوتر) was a king of Sabaʾ and dhū-Raydān in the early third century AD, known from inscriptions recording wars with Ḥaḍramawt.
Shahr Hilal Yuhar'ish
Shahr Hilal Yuhar'ish was a king of Qataban in ancient South Arabia, present-day Yemen, who succeeded his father around 50 BC and made peace with Hadramawt, allying with it against Himyar.
Shahr Yagul
Shahr Yagul Yuhargib was a king of Qatabān in ancient South Arabia, in modern Yemen, known almost solely from an inscription naming him as the father of King Warawʾīl Ghaylān Yuhanʿim.
Shammar Yuhar'ish
Shammar Yuhar'ish, also vocalized Shammar Yahri'sh (Arabic: شمر يهرعش), was a king of the Yemeni kingdom of Himyar around 300 CE, credited with completing the unification of ancient South Arabia.
Sharahbi'il Yakkuf
Sharahbi'il Yakkuf was a king of the Himyarite kingdom in southern Arabia who reigned in the second half of the fifth century AD, ruling the united kingdom of Saba' and Himyar from Ẓafār.
Sharhabil Ya'fur
Sharhabil Ya'fur (Šaraḥbiʾil Yaʿfur) was a Ḥimyarite king of Sabaʾ, dhu-Raydan, Ḥaḍramawt, and Yamanat in Yemen, son of Abkarib As'ad, attested by a dated inscription of Ḥimyarite year 572.
Sumuhu'ali Yanuf III
Sumuhu'ali Yanuf III was a mukarrib of Saba in ancient South Arabia, son and co-regent of the mukarrib Karib'il Watar, ruling in the 7th century BC.
Sumyafa Ashwa
Sumyafa Ashwa (Greek Esimiphaios) was a Christian Himyarite client king installed on the throne of Himyar by Kaleb of Aksum around 525, later deposed by his commander Abraha.
Tha'ran Ya'ub Yuhan'im
Tha'ran Ya'ub Yuhan'im (ثارن يعب يهنعم) was a king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydan in the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries AD, known from his silver coinage.
Tha'ran Yuhanim
Tha'ran Yuhanim (Arabic ثأران يهنعم) was a fourth-century king of the Himyarite dynasty of ancient South Arabia, reigning first as co-regent with his father Dhamar'ali Yuhabirr and then alone.
Wahab'il Yahuz
Wahab'il Yahuz, also written Wahabʾil Yaḥuz, was a prince of the Radmān and Khawlān tribes who became king of Sabaʾ in the mid-2nd century AD.