List of rulers of Saba and Himyar
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This is a list of rulers of Saba' and Himyar, ancient Arab kingdoms which are now part of present-day Yemen. The kingdom of Saba' became part of the Himyarite Kingdom in the late 3rd century CE.[1]
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The title Mukarrib (Old South Arabian: 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨, romanized: mkrb, also: Mukrab) was used by the rulers of Saba' until Karib'il Watar changed the ruling title to Malik (meaning: King) in the 7th century BCE.[2] In the later centuries, the rulers of Himyar were given the title Tubba' (Arabic: تُبَّع) which meant "one who follows the sun like a shadow"[3] as well as the usual Malik title.[4] After the fall of Dhu Nuwas around 530 CE to the Aksumite Empire,[5] Yemen was open for foreign domination by the Aksumites and later the Sasanian Empire, both of whom installed local vassal rulers over the Yemeni people.[6][7][8]