Dhu Shanatir (Arabic: لحيعة ينوف ذو شناتر, romanized: Lakhniʿah Yanuf Dhu Shanatir), was a legendary Himyarite king, who usurped the throne from the royal...

having killed his supposed predecessor, Dhu Shanatir, with a knife hidden in his shoe. The historicity of Dhū Nuwās is affirmed by Philostorgius and by...

Ma'dikarib Ya'fur does not exist and is instead replaced by a person named Dhu Shanatir. Ma'dikarib Ya'fur succeeded Marthad'ilan Yanuf, and he was also a Christian...

the sun like a shadow" as well as the usual Malik title. After the fall of Dhu Nuwas around 530 CE to the Aksumite Empire, Yemen was open for foreign domination...

the population to also convert. After his eventual death, the pagan Dhū-Shanatir seized the throne as his children he left to rule were all still minors...

as Himyar was established. During the reign of Himyarite King Yanuf Dhu Shanatir, the Aksumites established diplomatic relations with the Himyarite capital...

March 15, 493 Ravenna Kingdom of Italy Theodoric Dhu Shanatir King of Himyar 517 Zafar Himyarite Kingdom Dhu Nuwas Bahram Chobin Sasanian Shahanshah 591 Fergana...

version of the story has the throne being usurped by a pagan ruler, Dhu Shanatir, after the demise of 'Amr. The incident gained 'Amr the nickname Mawthaban...

throne being usurped by a person completely unrelated to the family, Dhu Shanatir, after the demise of 'Amr. Some historians suggest that the story could...

ibn Tubba' al-As'ad Abraha, son of Al-Sabbah (not Abraha al-Ashram) Dhu Shanatir Dhu Nuwas Abraha Yaksum ibn Abraha Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan Book of the Himyarites...