the son of Nôman, was succeeded by Shaddâd, who was descended from Matata, a son of Abd Shems; he was a great warrior, and carried his victorious arms into Africa.[1] After him reigned his brothers Lokmân and Dzu Sedad, and under the son of the latter, Hareth, or Al Rayish, the fifteenth king of Hamyar, the two parts into which the kingdom had been divided were reunited. This prince first took the title of tobbaa, which was afterwards given to all the Hamyaritic kings.[2] Hareth, who was a great warrior, carried his arms into India, and fought many battles in Azerbijan.[3] The sixteenth and seventeenth kings were Dzulcarnain Assuab,[4] and Dzulmenâr Abrahah, who invaded Africa, and penetrated as far as Soudan.[5] The son of Abrahah was Africcus, who also entered Africa, subdued Barbaria, and built a city to which he gave his name, and
- ↑ Abulfeda, p. 6. Other kings are mentioned by some as succeeding Shaddâd, as Morthed, who was called Dzu Aud, and his son Amrum. Gjanabi, and Firuzabad, ap. Pocock.
- ↑ Hamza, p. 22. Abulfeda, p. 6.—Tobba’, et Tobbâï. Titre qu'ont porté les anciens rois de l'Iemen, tels qu'ont été ceux de Hadhramout, de Hemiar, etc. Ce titre leur est aussi particulier, que celui de Khosroés aux Sassanides de Perse, celui de Khan et de Khakan aux Turcs, de Fagfour à ceux de la Chine, de Césars à ceux des Romains et des Grecs, et des Faraons et des Bathalmions à ceux d'Egypte. On appelle ces rois au pluriel Arabe Tababéah et Tabbâïah.—D'Herbelot.
- ↑ Hamza, ib. Nuweir, p. 50. Abulfed. p. 6.
- ↑ Abulfed. ib.
- ↑ Abulfed. ib. Hamza, p. 22. Nuweir, p. 52.
