Ilīsharaḥ Yaḥḍub I Explained

Ilīsharaḥ Yaḥḍub
Honorific Prefix:King of Saba' and Du-Raydan
Death Date:130
Other Names:Il Sharih Yahdhib
Years Active:120 – 130 CE

Ilīsharaḥ Yaḥḍub: was a king of Saba' reigned in 120 – 130 CE. At the very beginning of the second century CE, the territory of Sabaʾ was under the control of the Ḥimyarite king ʿAmdān Bayyin Yuhaqbiḍ (c.100–120 CE). In the meantime, Ilīsharaḥ Yaḥḍub prince (qayl) of the tribe of dhū-Shibāmum, fraction of Bakil (CIH 140),[1] [2] rose up against the kingdoms of Qatabān, Ḥimyar, Ḥaḍramawt, and the principality of Radmān and claimed the title of “King of Sabaʾ and dhū-Raydān”.[3] He ruled over a newly independent Sabaean kingdom, with the support of families belonging to the old Sabaean aristocracy of Maʾrib (Ir 3, RES 4150)[4] and tribes from the western highlands: Dhamarī (Ja 568),[5] Maʾdhinum (Fa 94 + 95, Gar Ḍulaʿ 1),[6] [7] Ḥāshidum (Gr 184),[8] dhū-Hagarum (Ja 413).[9]

In the Arabian folklore

Ilīsharaḥ Yaḥḍub, also known as Shurahil al-Hudhad ibn Dhi Jadan[10] [11] in the Arabian legendary tales, is believed to be the father of the Queen of Sheba. He is described as being a noble king whom refused to enter into a marriage with local women; subsequently he then married and impregnated a woman from the Jinn named Rayhana who gives birth to his daughter.[12]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://dasi.cnr.it/index.php?id=91&prjId=1&corId=27&colId=0&navId=453578022&recId=3784 DASI: Digital Archive for the Study of pre-islamic arabian-CIAS 32.1/h 9 CIH 141.
  2. http://dasi.cnr.it/index.php?id=91&prjId=1&corId=27&colId=0&navId=453578022&recId=3783 DASI: Digital Archive for the Study of pre-islamic arabian-CIH 140.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20230621190407/https://h.top4top.io/p_2728w4p4x0.jpeg The kingdom of Sabaʾ in the second century CE - Mounir Arbach, Jérémie Schiettecatte - Page 3.
  4. http://dasi.cnr.it/index.php?id=30&prjId=1&corId=0&colId=0&navId=745896561&recId=5931 DASI: Digital Archive for the Study of pre-islamic arabian- Ir 3.
  5. http://dasi.cnr.it/index.php?id=79&prjId=1&corId=27&colId=0&navId=882322451&recId=5973 DASI: Digital Archive for the Study of pre-islamic arabian- Ja 568 MaMB 259.
  6. http://dasi.cnr.it/index.php?id=30&prjId=1&corId=0&colId=0&navId=745896561&recId=8807 DASI: Digital Archive for the Study of pre-islamic arabian- Fa 95 + Fa 94.
  7. http://dasi.cnr.it/index.php?id=91&prjId=1&corId=27&colId=0&navId=706808478&recId=7845 DASI: Digital Archive for the Study of pre-islamic arabian- Ḍulaʿ 1.
  8. http://dasi.cnr.it/index.php?id=79&prjId=1&corId=27&colId=0&navId=69496271&recId=9888 DASI: Digital Archive for the Study of pre-islamic arabian- Gr 184 Riyām 19.
  9. http://dasi.cnr.it/index.php?id=30&prjId=1&corId=0&colId=0&navId=745896561&recId=7355 DASI: Digital Archive for the Study of pre-islamic arabian- Ja 413 RES 3990.
  10. Ibn Kathir, Stories of the Qur'an. Chapter on the Queen of Sheba
  11. Web site: Wahb ibn Munabbih . The Book of Crowns on the Kings of Himyar . 2024-05-14 . Worldcat . Gorgias Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2009 . en.
  12. A. Jamme (2003), "SABA (SHEBA)", New Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 12 (2nd ed.), Gale, pp. 450–451

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