Dhu Shanatir

Dhu Shanatir
Reign490–517[1]
PredecessorSharhabil Ya'fur
SuccessorDhu Nuwas
Diedc. 517
Names
Arabic: لخنيعة ينوف ذو شناتر, romanizedLakhniʿah Yanuf Dhu Shanatir
Regnal name
Ma'dikarib Ya'fur (disputed)
ReligionSouth Arabian polytheism

Dhu Shanatir, full name Lakhni'ah Yanuf Dhu Shanatir (Arabic: لخنيعة ينوف ذو شناتر) was a semi-legendary Himyarite king who ruled Yemen for at least 27 years. An usurper to the throne who is unrelated to the royal family of Himyar, Dhu Shanatir has sometimes been identified with the Aksumite vassal over Yemen, Ma'dikarib Ya'fur.

  1. ^ A. M. H. J. Stokvis (1888). Manuel d'histoire, de généalogie et de chronologie de tous les états du globe, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours [Manual of history, genealogy and chronology of all the states of the globe, from the earliest times to the present day] (in French). Vol. 1. Brill. p. 43.