Dhamar Ali Yahbur
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| Dhamarʿalī Yuhabirr | |
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| king of Sabaʾ and ḏu-Raydān | |
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| Reign | c. 135 – 175 |
| Predecessor | Yāsir Yuhaṣdiq |
| Successor | Tharan Yaub Yuhanim |
| Died | c. 175 South Arabian |
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Dhamarʿalī Yuhabirr bin Yāsir Yuhaṣdiq (Ḏmrʿly Yhbr), was a king of Saba' and ḏu-Raydān from c. 135 to 175 CE. He ascended the Himyarite throne amidst clashes between Sabaʾ and Ḥimyar. The earliest mention of Dhamarʿalī Yuhabirr appears in an inscription dated to 137.[1] He ascends to the throne no later than 159.[2]
In the middle of the 2nd century, Dhamarʿalī Yuhabirr and his son Tharan Yaub Yuhanim controlled Kingdom of Saba. During his rule, reports show repairs were made to the irrigation-works (dam) at Marib.[3] Dhamarʿalī Yuhabirr handed his throne down to his son Thaʾrān Yaʿub, who succeeded him around 175.[4]
The Greek Phokas sculptor made two more-than-life-size bronze statues of the king Dhamar'alî Yuhabirr and Tha'rân found in an-Nakhla al-Hamrâ in collaboration with the southern Arabian bronze caster Lahay'amm in Yemen.[5] This fact is documented in two inscriptions on the knees of a statue of Tha'rān. The inscription reads "Phokas made it" on the left knee in Greek, and "Lahay'amm has assembled it" on the right knee in South Arabian script.
References
[edit]- ^ Inscription:(Kh-Umayma 1).
- ^ Arbach, Mounir (2023). "DHAMĀRʿALĪ YUHABBIR". Ancient Arabia.
- ^ DASI: Digital Archive for the Study of pre-islamic Arabian -RES 4775+4776 RES 3441; Gl 551+1005. Archived 2023-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Robin, Christian Julien - Arabia and Ethiopia - page 369 Archived 2020-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ DASI: Digital Archive for the Study of pre-islamic arabian -RES 4708 A). Archived 2023-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
