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Himyar

former country

7 dated entries naming Himyar, drawn from 7 separate years between 275 CE and 530 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Himyarite Kingdom in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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3rd century

  • 275Approximate date – Himyar king Shammar Yahri'sh conquers Hadhramaut, Najran and Tihamah, unifying the territory later known as Yemen.source

4th century

  • 400Hassan Yuha'min, king of the Himyarite Kingdomsource

5th century

  • 500Kaleb of Axum, Aksumite king responsible for the destruction of Himyarsource

6th century

  • 518Approximate date – Jewish king Dhu Nuwas (also known as Yūsuf Asar Yathar) usurps the kingship of Himyar from Ma'dikarib Ya'fur.source
  • 522Dhu Nuwas seizes the throne of the Himyarite Kingdom in Yemen. He attacks the Aksumite garrison at Zafar, capturing the city and burning the churches.source
  • 525Yūsuf Dhū Nuwas, king of the Himyarite Kingdom (Yemen).source
  • 530Dhu Nuwas, king of Himyar (b. circa 450)source

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