Abu Karib

Abu Karib As'ad al-Kamil
King of Saba', Dhu Raydan, Hadramawt, Yamnat and their Arabs, on Tawdum and Tihamat
Reign390–420 CE
PredecessorMalkikarib Yuhamin
SuccessorHassan Yuha'min and Sharhabil Yafar
Diedc. 430
Yemen
Names
Abu Karib As'ad ibn Hassan Malikikarib Yuha'min
Regnal name
Tubba' As'ad
FatherMalkikarib Yuhamin
Religion

Abū Karib As’ad al-Kāmil (Arabic: أسعد الكامل), called "Abū Karīb", sometimes rendered as As'ad Abū Karīb, full name: Abu Karib As'ad ibn Hassān Maliki Karib Yuha'min, was king (Tubba', Arabic: تُبَّع) of the Himyarite Kingdom (modern day Yemen). He ruled Yemen from 390 CE until 420 CE, beginning as a coregency with his father Malkikarib Yuhamin (r. 375–400) followed by becoming sole ruler in 400.[1] As'ad is cited in some sources as the first of several kings of the Arabian Peninsula to convert to Judaism,[2][3][4][5][6][7] although contemporary historians have ascribed this transition to his father.[8][9] He was traditionally regarded as the first one to cover the Kaaba with the kiswah.[10]

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  2. ^ Heinrich Graetz; Bella Löwy; Philipp Bloch (1902). History of the Jews, Volume 3. Jewish Publication Society of America. pp. 62–64. Abu Kariba Asad.
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  7. ^ Kharif, Badr Al (February 15, 2009). "Kiswah: The Covering of the Kaaba". Aawsat.com. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
  8. ^ M. Avrum Ehrlich (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture, p. 793. ABC-CLIO, 2008.
  9. ^ Robin, Christian Julien (2012). "Arabia and Ethiopia". In Johnson, Scott Fitzgerald (ed.). The Oxford handbook of late antiquity. Oxford handbooks. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 265–266. ISBN 978-0-19-533693-1.
  10. ^ "إسلام ويب - البداية والنهاية - ذكر أخبار العرب - قصة تبع أبي كرب- الجزء رقم3". www.islamweb.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-11-09.