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Ancient South Arabia: rulers and royal family

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Waqah'il Sadiq

Waqah'il Sadiq (Waqahʾil Ṣādiq) was a king of Ma'in, a kingdom of ancient South Arabia in the Jawf valley of present-day Yemen, around the 3rd century BCE.

Yada'ab Ghaylan

Yada'ab Ghaylan was a king of Hadramawt in ancient South Arabia, dated to the mid-1st century BCE through a synchronism with the Qatabanian king Yada'ab Dhubyain Yuhan'im.

Yada'ib Dhubyan Yuhan'im

Yada'ib Dhubyan Yuhan'im, son of Shahr, was a king of Qataban in ancient South Arabia who reigned around 80–50 BCE, ruled in coregency with his son Shahr Hilal Yuhan'im, and left inscriptions at Timna.

Yada'il Dharih I

Yada'il Dharih I (Yada'il Zarih I) was a mukarrib of Saba in the mid-7th century BC, known from a temple inscription at Sirwah and for reorganizing the Awam temple at Ma'rib.

Yaksum

Yaksum (Yaksūm), also Yaksum ibn Abraha, was a son of the Ḥimyarite king Abraha who succeeded him in South Arabia with his brother Masrūq until the Sasanian conquest around 570.

Yasir Yuhan'im

Yasir Yuhan'im (Yasirum Yuhanim) was a king of Himyar in ancient South Arabia who reigned at the end of the third and beginning of the fourth century AD.

Yatha'amar Watar

Yatha'amar Watar, also known as Itamru, was a mukarrib of the early Sabaean kingdom in Yemen, probably the Ita'amra who brought gifts to Sargon II of Assyria around 715 BC.

Yitha'amar Bayyin

Yitha'amar Bayyin, son of Sumuhu'ali Yanuf, was a mukarrib of Saba in ancient South Arabia, known from two inscriptions at Ma'rib recording dam work and a ritual hunt.

Yuhaqim Yurzih

Yuhaqim Yurzih (Sabaic: Yhqm Yrzḥ), son of Dhamārʿalī Dhariḥ, was a king of Saba around the end of the first century AD, known only from Sabaean inscriptions.