108 ANCIENT KINGS OF ARABIA. 



probable epoch. A considerable time must neces- 

 sarily have elapsed after the overthrow of the capi- 

 tal, and the devastation of the country, before the 

 scattered tribes could be again united, or the govern- 

 ment consolidated under a single monarch. Durmg 

 this interval several petty princes appear to have 

 reigned over these districts. The Roman historians 

 mention Cholebus, whom they style king of Maph- 

 artis, and Charibael, whose residence was at Saphar, 

 to whom some of the Cesars addressed embassies, 

 and sent valuable presents, with a view to concihate 

 their friendship. In the course of little more than a 

 century the throne of the Hamyarites was again firmly 

 established in Yemen, by a descendant of Akran, 

 who assumed the title of Tobbaa 1. From this time 

 the Arabian history is much more exact, as the 

 reigns of the different princes are found to synchro- 

 nize in most instances with those of the Persian 

 monarchs. In the following table we adopt the 

 chronology given in the learned Dissertation of the 

 Baron De Sacy, who is, beyond dispute, of all living 

 authors, the most profoundly conversant with the 

 ancient literature of Arabia.* 



II. Table.— Kings of Yemen,— Reigned A.D. 175-529. 



A. D.321, Morthed. 



345, Wakia. 



370, Abrahah. 



A. D. 175, Tobbaa I. 

 190, Colaicarb. 

 220, Asaad-Abucarb. 

 238, Hassan. 

 250, Amru-Dulawaad. 



271, Four anonymous 



kings. 



272, Alsaha. 



273, Abd-Kelal. 

 297, Tobbaa-el-Asghar. 

 313, Hareth. 



After the destruction of Mareb, the power of the 

 Tobbaas soon rose to more than its ancient splen- 



* Mem.de I'Acad. des Inscrip. torn, xlviii p. 544. Reiske de 

 Arab. Epoch, Vetust. M. Gossellin adopts the epoch of Reiske. 

 Recherche* siir la Gecgraphie dee Anciens.' 



399, Sahban. 

 440, Sabbah. 

 455, Hassan II. 

 478, Dushanater. 

 480, Dunowas. 



528, Dujadan, 



529, Dujazen. 



