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Dhu Nuwas
Yusuf Dhu Nuwas (also called Yusuf Asar Dhu Nuwas, Masruq, and Dunas Zhidovin) was the last king of Yemen (then called Himayar) from a Jewish dynasty of unknown origin.
He was the successor of Rabiah, from the same dynasty. He was reputed to have killed many Christians, and thus provoked a joint Ethiopian-Byzantine invasion in 525. He was defeated at the battle of Najran , and later committed suicide.
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