Himyar, Yemen's ancient kings; they overcame the kingdom of Saba around 115 BCE and ruled Yemen until the Abyssinian and Persian occupations.
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Himyar
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Himyar, one of Qahtan's two great tribes alongside Kahlan, its best-known clans Zayd al-Jumhur, Quda'a and the Sakasik. It overcame the kingdom of Saba around 115 BCE, becoming Yemen's kings until the Abyssinian and Persian occupations, and took Raydan — later called Zafar — for a capital in place of Ma'rib. Their decline began as their trade failed: Nabataean control of northern Hijaz, then Roman grip on the sea routes, then inter-tribal rivalry. Judaism entered Yemen through Tubban As'ad Abu Karib, and when his son Dhu Nuwas ruled he attacked the Christians of Najran — the Trench story of 523 CE. The Yemenis sought Persian help and won independence in 575 CE under Sayf Dhi Yazan the Himyarite, whom the Abyssinians he kept with him then assassinated, ending Dhu Yazan's house.
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