The Nāṣirī Generations 8: SECTION VI. · THE TUBBA-YAWA', AND MALIKS OF YAMAN.
Tabakat-i-Nasiri 8
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SECTION VI. · THE TUBBA-YAWA', AND MALIKS OF YAMAN.
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The author states that he copies the account of the kings contained in this Section from the Tarikh-i-Mukaddasi, and from Tabari.
After Kahtan, son of 'Abir, son of Salikh, son of Arfakhshad, son of Sam, son of Nuh, came into Yaman, Y'rab, his son, became king; and he was the first who used the 'Arabic language. Fifteen kings are said to have reigned for a great number of years, up to the time of Haris-ur-Rayish, who is the first of the Tubba-yawa' dynasty.
I. Haris-ur-Rayish. He was contemporary with Manu-chihr, sovereign of 'Ajam, and was subject to him. He reigned 120 years.
II. Abrahah-i-Zu-l-Manar, son of Haris. He was subject to Manu-chihr, and reigned 180 years.
III. Afrikis, son of Abrahah. He also was subject to Manu-chihr, and reigned 164 years.
IV. Mundaz, styled Zu-l-Adghar, son of Abrahah. He was subject to Manu-chihr, and reigned 25 years.
V. Hailad, son of Sarakhil, grandson of Haris. He was cousin of Mundaz, and son of Balkis [Queen of Saba], but by some he is said to have espoused the daughter of the king of the Jinn, and that Balkis was their daughter.
VI. Balkis, daughter of Hadhad, became sovereign of Yaman and Maghrab. She reigned 40 years.
VII. Un-Nashir-un-Na’am, son of ’Umaro, son of Sarakhil. He reigned 75 years.
VIII. Shamar, son of Afrikis, son of Abrahah, styled Ra'ash — the Palsied. He was a great king, contemporary with Gushtasib and Bahman. He reigned 137 years.
IX. Akran, son of Shamar. He reigned 53 years.
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X. Tubba’, son of Akran, or Tubba’-i-Akbar. He reigned 160 years.
XI. Malkikarib, son of Tubba'. He reigned 35 years.
XII. Tubba-ul-Ausat [the Medium]. He was put to death by his soldiery after reigning 160 years.
XIII. Hassan, son of Tubba,’ surnamed Zu-Hassan. He was put to death by his brother ’Umaro after a reign of 5 years.
XIV. ’Umaro, son of Tubba’. He reigned 23 years.
XV. ’Abd-ul-Kulal, son of Marsad. In his reign ’Isa [Jesus Christ] lived, and ’Abd-ul-Kulal believed in him. He reigned 74 years.
XVI. Tubba’-ul-Asghar [the Younger], son of Hassan. He made great slaughter among the Bani-Isra’il of Madinah on account of their crimes, and slew fifty of their Mihtars. He reigned 78 years.
XVII. Marsad, son of ’Abd-ul-Kulal. He reigned 41 years; and, after him, the dominions of Himyar and the Tubba-yawa’ became restricted to Yaman.
XVIII. Walia’ah, son of Marsad. He reigned 37 years.
XIX. Hassan, son of Hassan. He reigned justly for 70 years.
XX. Zu-Shanatar. He did not belong to the family of the Tubba-yawa’. How long he reigned is unknown.
XXI. Zu-l-Nawash, son of Hassan, son of Hassan. Tabari calls him Zar’ah. With him the Tubba-yawa’ dynasty ended, which from the time of Haris up to this period lasted 1360 years.
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XXII. Abrahah-ul-Ashram [The Scarred in the Lip], Sahib-ul-Fil, son of Hasan-us-Sabbah. He endeavoured to destroy the ka'bah of Makkah, but perished with his whole army. The period of his reign and the reigns of his two sons, Yagsum [Bagsum] and Masruk, when this Habashah dynasty terminated, was 73 years, and in the last year the Prophet, Muhammad, was born.
XXIII. Yagsum, son of Abrahah, who reigned 4 years.
XXIV. Masruk, son of Abrahah. He was dethroned by Saif, the son of his mother by an 'Arab husband, aided by some criminals set at liberty for the purpose by command of Nushirwan, to whom Saif had complained.
XXV. Saif, son of Zi-Yazan. He reigned a considerable time, and was subsequently slain by a Habasi left behind, who had entered his service.
XXVI. Hariz [or Dahriz], the 'Ajami, who had accompanied Saif, son of Zi-Yazan, from 'Ajam, by command of Nushirwan, became ruler. He reigned 4 years.
XXVII. The Marzaban, son of Hariz [or Dahriz], the 'Ajami. He succeeded his father by Nushirwan's command, and reigned over Yaman a long time. At his death his son, Sajan [Abu-Shajan ?], succeeded, and, at his death, Khur-Khusrau became king of Yaman. The reign of Nushirwan had terminated, and Hurmuz had succeeded; and Khur-Khusrau, having rebelled, was removed.
XXVIII. Bazan, the Muslim Malik. He became king and ruled over Yaman up to the rise of Muhammad, the Prophet. He embraced the new faith, and Yaman passed under the rule of the Musalmans.