'Ubayd bin Shari'a | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | 'Ubayd bin Shari'a al-Jurhami |
| Died | 686 CE (67 Hijri) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni Islam |
| Occupation | Historian |
'Ubayd bin Shari'a al-Jurhami (Arabic: عبيد بن شرية الجرهمي, died 686) also known as 'Ubayd bin Suriyah[1] was an early Arab historian who lived during the rule of the Umayyad Caliphate in the 7th century CE. He specialized in Yemeni history. Some narrations from him are present in The Book of Crowns on the Kings of Himyar, a semi-legendary book about the rulers of the Himyarite Kingdom.