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Sumyafa'
Ashwa al-Yazani, also
known as
Esimiphaios (Latin: Esimiphaeus) in
Syriac and Gr**** sources, was a v****al king of Himyar,
ruling in the 6th century...
- a disease.
According to Procopius,
Abraha seized control of
Yemen from
Sumyafa Ashwa, the
Christian viceroy appointed by Kaleb, with the
support of dissident...
- Ma'dikarib Ya'fur (Succeeds Dhu
Shanatir in
Arabian folklore)
Successor Sumyafa Ashwa Reign 522–530 CE Born c. 450 CE
Himyar Died 530 CE Red Sea Religion...
- then
united under nobleman Sumyafa Ashwa.
Kaleb successfully invaded Himyar with an
Aksumite army in 525 and
installed Sumyafa Ashwa to rule. More Aksumite...
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routed Yusuf's forces. They
killed the king,
allowing Kaleb to
appoint Sumyafa Ashwa, a
native Christian (named
Esimiphaios by Procopius), as his viceroy...
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included Sumyafa'
Ashwa were
ordered to
fortify the
fortress at Hisn al-Ghurab by Dhu Nuwas.
After the
Aksumites had
invaded Himyar,
Sumyafa'
Ashwa and...
- the mid-sixth century.
During the
reign of the
Christian Himyarite king
Sumyafa Ashwa,
Jesus was
referred to as the son of Raḥmānān. A few
decades later...
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support of
disgruntled Axumn soldiers. A
contemporary inscription refers to
Sumyafa' Ashwa' as "viceroy for the
kings of Aksum.
According to the
later Arabic...
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routed Yusuf's forces. They
killed the king,
allowing Kaleb to
appoint Sumyafa Ashwa, a
native Christian (named
Esimiphaios by Procopius), as his viceroy...
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Christian Himyarite,
Sumyafa Ashwa, as his
viceroy and v****al
ruler of Himyar. The
Aksumite general, Abraha,
eventually deposed Sumyafa Ashwa and took power...
