List of rulers of Saba and Himyar

This is a list of rulers of Saba and Himyar. It is based on the unabridged book of Dr. Jawad Ali "The history of Arab nations before Islam" which derives and reconstructs the lineage of the kings of Saba and Himyar based on inscriptions and other historiographical evidence. This book is in Arabic and has been translated to Persian. In the Qur'an, the title "Tubba" is used to refer to these rulers.^[1] Spellings sometimes differ from those used in most English sources and in other Wikipedia articles.

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Samahu 'Ali ca. 750 BC Yada'-il Dharih ? Yathi'-amar Watar I ? Yada'-il Bayin I ? Yathi'-amar Watar II ? Kariba-il Bayin ? Dhamar 'Ali Watar ? Samahu 'Ali Yanif I ? Yathi'-amar Bayin I ? Kariba-il Watar I ca. 450 BC Samahu 'Ali Darih ? Kariba-il Watar II ? Il-Sharah I ? Yada ? Yakrib ? Yathi' ? Karib-il ? Samah ? Il-Sharah II ? Dhamar ? Yada' ? Dhamar ? Karib-il Watar IV ? Il-Karib Yuhan'im ? Karib-il Watar V ? Wahb-il ? Anmar Yuhan'im ? Dhamar 'Ali Darih ? Nash'a-Karib Yuhamin ? Nasir Yuhan'im ? Wahb-il Yahuz ? Karib-il Watar Yuhan'im ? Yarim Ayman I ca. 80-ca. 60 BC 'Alhan Nahfan ca. 60- ? BC Far'um Yanhab ? Yarim Ayman II ca. 35-ca. 25 BC Sha'irum Awtar ca. 25 BC- ? with: Yazil Bayin ca. 25 BCE- ? and with: Ilasharah Yahdub ca. 25 BCE- ? (reigned after the demise of both Yazil Bayin and Sha'irum Awtar) Sheba to Himyar thereafter

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Mukarribs (federators or priest-kings of the Sabians] Mukarribs of Saba Yada’il Yanif ben Kariba-il ca. 755-ca. 740 BC Samahu 'Ali Darih I ben Yada’il Yanuf ca. 740-715 BC Yathi'-amar Bayin I after 715 BC Dhamar 'Ali I after 715-before ca. 685 BC Kariba-il Watar I ca.685-ca.675 BC Samahu’Ali I after 675 BC Yada’il Darih I ? Samahu 'Ali Yanuf I ? Darih ? Yathi'-amar Watar ? Yada’il Bayin I ? Karib-il Bayin I ? Dhamar 'Ali Watar ? Samahu’Ali Yanuf II ca. 545-ca. 525 BC Kings of Saba Styled Malik Yathi’-amar Bayin II ca. 525-ca. 495 BC Kariba-il I after 495 BC Yada’il I ? and: Yathi’-amar I Kariba-il II Samahu’Ali II Yada'il II Yathi’amar II Yada’il Bayin II Samahu’Ali Yanuf III ca. 410-ca. 380 BC and: Yathi’-amar Watar I Yaqrub Malik Darih ? Samahu’Ali Yanuf IV ? Yada’il Bayin III ? Yaqrub Malik Watar I ? Yathi’-amar Bayin III before 320 BC Karib-il Watar II ca. 320-ca. 270 BC Yada’il Bayin IV after 270 BC Yaqrub Malik Watar II ? Dhamar’Ali Yanuf ? Yathi’-amar Bayin IV before ca. 200 BC Samahu’Ali Darih II ca. 200-ca. 175 BC Karib-il Bayin II Yathi’-amar III before ca. 140 BC ??? ca. 140-ca. 116 BC Under Himyar 116-55 BC Samahu’Ali Yanuf V ca. 55 BC Yada’il Watar I ca. 30 BC Dhamar’Ali Bayin I ca. 25 BC Yadail Darih II ca. 10 BC-ca. 10 CE Yathi’-amar Watar II ca. 10-20 CE Yada’il Watar II ca. 20-30 CE Dhamar 'Ali Bayin II ca. 30-60 CE Karib-il Watar Yuhan'im ca. 60-75 CE Dhamar’Ali Darih ca. 75-85 CE Ilasharah Yahdub ca. 85-100 CE Most parts to Himyar thereafter Gurat and Marib These two nations were the remnants of Sheba and both fell to Himyar in the 3rd Century. Gurat Nash'a-Karib Yahamin ben Dhamar’Ali Bayin II ca. 85-ca. 100 CE Sa'd Shams Asra ben Ilsharah Yahdub ca. 100-ca. 130 CE Murtaza Yuham'in ca. 130-ca. 160 ??? 160-180 Farim Yanhub ca. 180-ca. 200 Ilsharah Yahdub II ca. 200-ca. 230 Nash'a-Karib Yamin ca. 230-ca. 250 To Himyar thereafter Marib Kurb ail Watur ibn Thamar ibn Ali 4th Century BC Yas'a 4th Century BC ??? 4th Century BC-ca.100 CE Bahab’il Yahuz ca. 100-ca. 130 CE Anmar Yuhamin ca. 130-ca. 140 CE Kariba-il Watar Yuham’in after ca. 140 CE Rabb Shams Nimran after ca. 140 CE-before ca.190 ce Sahr Autar ca. 190-ca. 200 Lahay’atat Yarham ca. 200 To Himyar thereafter

References

1. Brannon M. Wheeler (2002). Prophets in the Quran: An Introduction to the Quran and Muslim Exegesis. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 166. ISBN 0-8264-4956-5.