Yada'ib Dhubyan Yuhan'im

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Yada'ib Dhubyan Yuhan'im ( Qataban Ydʿʾb Ḏbyn Yhnʿm ), son of a certain Shahr , was a Mukarrib of the old South Arabian Empire of Qataban . According to Kenneth A. Kitchen he was the son of Shahr Yagul Yuhargib I and ruled around 220–205 BC. Chr.

His government is evidenced by an above-average number of inscriptions. They show that Yada'ib's government was primarily characterized by military successes. While the construction of several temples and a royal building probably served peaceful purposes, other construction work was probably mainly motivated by the military: During his reign, canals were dug, the Mablaqat and Zarum pass roads laid out and the fortifications of at least two cities expanded. Some building inscriptions as well as a dedicatory inscription on an altar from Sayun report successful wars against Saba and Hadramaut : Yada'ib's troops advanced into Wadi Hadramaut as far as Shibam , destroyed various cities, defeated the Hadaramite army in the Lbd plain and took the Hadramite king Yada 'ib Ghailan and his two sons captured. In the following years the Hadramaut remained a vassal of Qataban for a few decades.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List in Kitchen (see bibliography), p. 184. The list there must be expanded to include at least Arbach-Sayun 1 (CSAI number, published by Arbach and Saqqaf; see bibliography).

literature

  • KA Kitchen : Documentation for ancient Arabia. Volume 1: Chronological Framework & Historical Sources. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool 1994, ISBN 0-85323-359-4 ( The World of Ancient Arabia Series ).
  • Mounir Arbach, 'Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf: Naqsh jadīd min ʿhd Ydʿʾb Yhnʿm malik Qtbn w-Ydʿʾb Ġyln malik Ḥḍrmwt. In: Raydan 7, 2001, pp. 110-123 (Arabic part), Figures 21-22.
personal data
SURNAME Yada'ib Dhubyan Yuhan'im
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mukarrib of the Old South Arabian Empire of Qataban
DATE OF BIRTH before 220 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 205 BC Chr.