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  "ar": "ذو الكلاع ملك حمير",
  "en": "Dhu'l-Kala', king of Himyar"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "ملك حمير وفد على أبي بكر ومعه ألف عبد دون من كان معه من عشيرته وعليه التاج والحلل والبرود، فلما شاهد من أبي بكر ما عليه من الشملة والعباءة والزهد والتواضع ألقى ما كان عليه وتزيا بزيه حتى رؤي يوماً في سوق من أسواق المدينة وعلى كتفيه جلد شاة، ففزعت عشيرته فقالوا قد فضحتنا بين المهاجرين والأنصار فقال أفأردتم مني أن أكون ملكاً جباراً في الجاهلية جباراً في الإسلام لا ها الله لا تكون طاعة الرب إلا بالتواضع لله والزهد في هذه الدنيا {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 596}.، وقيل قتل بصفين مع هاشم بن عتبة المرقال وكان صاحب لواء ذي الكلاع رجلاً من عذرة يقول أثبت فإني لست من فرعي مضر نحن اليمانيون ما فينا ضجر {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 674}",
  "en": "The crowned Himyarite king who came with a thousand slaves and brocade, saw Abu Bakr's rough cloak, cast off his own and took his fashion — till his clan found him in Medina's market in a sheepskin, and heard his answer: 'Shall I be a tyrant in Jahiliyya and a tyrant in Islam? Worship is only through humility' {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 596}."
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  "gender": "male",
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "مروج الذهب للمسعودي (ط الدار الإفريقية/الشركة العالمية) ج1 ص 596",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
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   "review": "draft",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "ذو الكلاع ملك حمير، ورد خبره في «مروج الذهب» للمسعودي حين وفد على [[person/abu-bakr|أبي بكر]]. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.596}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "الوفادة",
     "markdown": "وفد ومعه ألف عبد دون من كان معه من عشيرته، وعليه التاج والحلل والبرود. فلما رأى ما عليه أبو بكر من الشملة والعباءة ألقى ما عليه وتزيا بزيه. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.596}\n\nرُئي يوماً في سوق من أسواق المدينة وعلى كتفيه جلد شاة، ففزعت عشيرته وقالت إنه فضحها بين المهاجرين والأنصار. فأجابهم بأنه لا يريد أن يكون جباراً في الجاهلية وجباراً في الإسلام، وأن الطاعة لا تكون إلا بالتواضع والزهد في الدنيا. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.596}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مقتله",
     "markdown": "وقيل إنه قتل بصفين مع هاشم بن عتبة المرقال، وكان صاحب لوائه رجلاً من عذرة. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.674}\n\nلا يتضح من البيانات زمن وفادته ولا مصدر آخر يؤيد ذلك؛ يحتاج إلى مصدر إضافي."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/dhu-al-kala",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   }
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Dhu al-Kala, a king of Himyar, whose story appears in al-Mas'udi's \"Meadows of Gold\" when he came to [[person/abu-bakr|Abu Bakr]]. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.596}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "The delegation",
     "markdown": "He came with a thousand slaves, besides those of his own clan who were with him, wearing the crown, robes and striped cloaks. When he saw that Abu Bakr wore a plain wrap and a cloak, he took off his own garments and dressed as he did. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.596}\n\nOne day he was seen in a market in Medina with the skin of a sheep on his shoulders. His people were alarmed and said that he had shamed them before the Emigrants and the Helpers. He answered that he did not wish to be a tyrant in the age of ignorance and a tyrant in Islam, and that obedience is only given through humility and renunciation of the world. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.596}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "His death",
     "markdown": "It is said that he was killed at Siffin with Hashim ibn Utba al-Mirqal, and his standard-bearer was a man from Udhra. {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p.674}\n\nThe data does not establish the date of his visit, and there is no other source to confirm it; an additional source is needed."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/dhu-al-kala",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
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 }
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