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    changed frequently until it finally conquered the Sabaean Kingdom around 280. Himyar then endured until it finally fell to invaders from the Kingdom of Aksum...
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  • This is a list of rulers of Saba' and Himyar, ancient Arab kingdoms which are now part of present-day Yemen. The kingdom of Saba' became part of the Himyarite...
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  • Himyar is an unincorporated community and coal town in Knox County, Kentucky, United States. A post office was established in the community in 1906. The...
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    Himyar (1875 – December 30, 1905) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Although successful as a racehorse he is most notable as the sire of...
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  • was a kingdom in ancient Yemen. Himyar may also refer to: Himyar (horse), an American thoroughbred racehorse Himyar, Kentucky, a community in Knox County...
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  • from the Aksumite elephant army of Abraha, then self-styled governor of Himyar, by dropping small clay stones on them as they approached. The event is...
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    التيجان) also known more commonly as The Book of Crowns on the Kings of Himyar, is a historical and biographical work by the Yemeni historian Wahb ibn...
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    The Aksumite invasion of Himyar consisted of a series of two invasions from 518 to 525 fought between the Christian Kingdom of Aksum and the Jewish Himyarite...
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    Quda'a's leaders genealogically realigned their descent to the South Arabian Himyar, discarding their north Arabian ancestor, Ma'add, a move which elicited...
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  • Bal'arab bin Himyar (Arabic: بلعرب بن حمير) (died 1749) was an Omani Imam, a member of Yaruba dynasty. He was elected Imam in 1728, holding power in the...
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    the persecution of Christians in Himyar to the Aksumite Kingdom. As a result, the Aksumite king Ahayawa invaded Himyar. Dhu Nuwas fled this first invasion...
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  • كلال الحميري), or simply ''Abdkulāl' was a regent and former governor of Himyar who assisted during the rule of Sharhabil Yafar and later Sharhabil Yakkuf...
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  • declining gradually and its southern neighbor Himyar was able to settle many nomadic tribes that were allied to Himyar and create a stronger Himyarite nation...
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  • ينوف) was a king of Himyar who reigned in the early 6th century CE. He is the first Christian to officially become the ruler of Himyar. Marthad'ilan Yanuf...
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  • Himyar ibn al-Harith (Arabic: حمير بن الحارث) was the last governor of the Yemen for the Abbasid Caliphate, prior to the Yu'firid conquest of Sana'a in...
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  • Yaksum ibn Abraha (Arabic: أكسوم بن أبرهة) was an Abyssinian king of Himyar, and one of the sons of Abraha. In the year 548, Abraha himself appointed Yaksum...
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  • temporary king of Himyar under the Aksumite Empire Ma'adi Yakrib ibn Abi Murrah, Himyarite prince and later on the last king of Himyar, serving as a vassal...
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    Muawiyah bin Joshom bin Abd Shams bin Wael bin Al Ghawth bin Al Humaysaa bin Himyar bin Saba." Yafa' has gone through a complex structuration of different tribal...
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  • Sheikh Himyar bin Abdullah bin Hussein al-Ahmar (Arabic: حمير عبد الله حسين الأحمر; 1970 –) is a Yemeni politician and the leader of Hashid tribal confederation...
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    that Himyar, or "Himyar," was a man and had children, or that his real name was "Al-Arnaj," but because he wore a robe. Hamra is called Himyar, Like...
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  • Sumyafa Ashwa (category Kings of Himyar)
    king of Himyar, ruling in the 6th century CE under the Aksumite Empire. He was also the viceroy of the Aksumite king Kaleb, who had invaded Himyar and defeated...
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  • Sharqi Himyar (Arabic: شرقي حمير) is a sub-district of the Shar'ab ar-Rawnah District, Taiz Governorate, Yemen. Sharqi Himyar had a population of 21,448...
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  • politically relevant in the fourth century, when the rulers of the Kingdom of Himyar converted to Judaism. The exact means by which Judaism expanded or gained...
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  • Yu'nim ibn Lakhni'ah Yanuf ibn Sharhabil Yakkuf al-Himyari, was a king of Himyar who reigned in the late 5th century CE. After his rule, there is a period...
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    Sabaean script of the kingdom of Ḥimyar: "You have exchanged the musnad of the sons of Ḥimyar / which the kings of Ḥimyar were wont to write down in books...
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  • Sa'b Dhu Marathid (category Kings of Himyar)
    Marathid are Ibn Hisham (d. 833) in his Book of Crowns on the Kings of Himyar and Yemen (Kitab al-tijan ft muluk ijimyar wa 'l-Yaman). One chapter of...
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  • contemporary perspective. Fortress Press, 2012, 16-17. Iwona Gajda: Le royaume de Ḥimyar à l'époque monothéiste. L'histoire de l'Arabie ancienne de la fin du ive...
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    the shah. Ibn Ishaq tells of a conflict between the last Yemenite king of Himyar and the residents of Yathrib. When the king was passing by the oasis, the...
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    the early 7th century. Likely influenced by the sedentary civilization of Himyar, the Kindite monarchs ruled their domains from urban settlements. The rule...
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    highlands until a joint Himyarite-Sabean alliance pushed them out. Aksum-Himyar conflicts persisted throughout the 3rd century. The kingdom continued to...
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