Ma'dikarib Ya'fur[1][2][3] (Succeeds Dhu Shanatir in Arabian folklore)
Successor
Sumyafa Ashwa
Reign
522–530 CE
Born
c. 450 CE Himyar
Died
530 CE Red Sea
Religion
Judaism
Dhū Nuwās, (Arabic: ذُو نُوَاس), real name Yūsuf Asʾar Yathʾar (Musnad: 𐩺𐩥𐩪𐩰 𐩱𐩪𐩱𐩧 𐩺𐩻𐩱𐩧, Yws¹f ʾs¹ʾr Yṯʾr), Yosef Nu'as (Hebrew: יוסף נואס), or Yūsuf ibn Sharhabil (Arabic: يُوْسُف ٱبْن شَرْحَبِيْل),[4] also known as Masruq in Syriac, and Dounaas (Δουναας) in Medieval Greek, was a Jewish king of Himyar reigning between 522–530 AD[5] who came to renown on account of his persecutions of peoples of other religions, notably Christians, living in his kingdom. He was also known as Zur'ah ibn Tub'an As'ad Abi Karib in the Arab traditions.[6][7]
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Ma'dikarib Ya'fur. A Himyarite prince and hardline follower of Judaism, DhuNuwas (who had attempted to overthrow the dynasty several years earlier), took...
accepted by his people as the new ruler of Himyar, taking the title of DhuNuwas. Dhu Shanatir does not appear in any of the Himyarite archaeological inscriptions...
the Dhu Yazan clan. Members of the clan also raided a city at Al Mahrah Governorate in the year 515. Dhu Yazan were prominent allies of DhuNuwas, helping...
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of Najran by order of the King DhuNuwas. According to Christian sources, this event took place around 523 C.E. DhuNuwas converted to Judaism and chose...
viceroy of the Aksumite king Kaleb, who had invaded Himyar and defeated DhuNuwas. Sumyafa' Ashwa was a native convert to Christianity. There is an inscription...
commanders or a member of one of the armies led by King Kaleb of Axum against DhuNuwas. In al-Tabari's history, Abraha is said to have been the commander of...
order to end the persecution of Christians perpetrated by the Jewish king DhuNuwas. With the annexation of Himyar, the Kingdom of Aksum was at its largest...
ancient world. In 517 AD, the Himyarite king Ma'adikarib was overthrown by DhuNuwas, a Jewish leader who began persecuting Christians and confiscating trade...
in history by his cognomen DhuNuwas ("Lord of the Curls," possibly because he wore his peot long). For some years DhuNuwas was successful in staving...
Himyar Christian by the name of Maʿdīkarib Yaʿfur. However, in 522 Yūsuf DhūNuwās declared himself king in a successful coup d'état and began to persecute...
sun like a shadow" as well as the usual Malik title. After the fall of DhuNuwas around 530 CE to the Aksumite Empire, Yemen was open for foreign domination...
that DhuNuwas was the son of Hassan Yuha'min and hence the grandson of Abu Karib. Other scholars like Ibn al-Athir held the view that DhuNuwas was the...
sources, after seizing the throne of the Ḥimyarites, in ca. 518 or 523, DhūNuwās, a Jewish king, attacked the Aksumite (mainly Christian) garrison at Zafar...
several tribal elites fought for power. One of those elites was Joseph DhuNuwas or "Yûsuf 'As'ar Yaṯ'ar" as mentioned in ancient south Arabian inscriptions...
Visigoths. His kingdom is threatened from the north by the Burgundians. DhuNuwas seizes the throne of the Himyarite Kingdom in Yemen. He attacks the Aksumite...
in history by his cognomen DhuNuwas ("Lord of the Curls," possibly because he wore his peot long). For some years DhuNuwas was successful in staving...
the de facto state religion two centuries earlier, led by King Yusuf DhuNuwas, had offered residents of a village in what is now Saudi Arabia the choice...
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the 6th century, specifically the year 525 in order to overthrow DhuNuwas. The poet Dhu Jadan al-Himyari wrote about the destruction of Baynun. List of...
built at Zafar, Yemen and likely destroyed in 523 by the King of Himyar DhuNuwas, who had shifted the state religion from Christianity to Judaism. Later...
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