ANCIENT KINGS OF ARABIA 127 



Reigned ; . 



Years. Months. A.D. 5I 



Mondar II. 13 — 175 



Jabalah II. 34 — 209 



Ayhaml. -- 3 — 212 



AmruII. 26 — 238 



Jafnahll. 30 — 268 



Nooman II. 1 — 269 



Nooman III. 27 — 296 



Jabalah III. 16 — 312 



Nooman IV. - - - • 22 5 334 



Harethlll. 37 — 371 



Nooman V. 18 — 389 



Mondar III. 19 — 408 



Amni III. 33 — 441 



Hajar 12 — 453 



Hareth IV. 16 — 479 



Jabalah IV. 17 1 496 



Hareth V. 21 5 517 



Nooman VI. - - 37 3 554 



Aihamll. 27 2 581 



Mondar IV. 13 — 594 



Sharahil 15 3 619 



Amru IV. 10 2 629 



Jabalah V. 4 — 633 



Jabalah VI. 3 — 636 



The Gassanite kings, from their being of the Chris- 

 tian religion and viceroys of the Roman emperors, 

 have been but slightly noticed by the writers of Ara- 

 bian history. These annalists speak of the number 

 of churches or monasteries erected by them, and of 

 the wars in which thev were frequently engaged with 

 the sovereigns of Persia and Hira. Hareth, called 

 Aretas by "the Greeks and Latins, appears to have 

 been a general appellative among the petty chiefs of 

 the Arab tribes in various parts of the country. 

 Long before the origin of the Gassanites, several 

 princes of this name, some of them very powerful, 

 are mentioned in Josephus and the Maccabees as 

 seated on the Syrian frontier, in the Desert and 

 Stony Arabia. We learn from St. Paul, that in his 

 time (A. D. 34) Damascus was ruled by an Arabian 

 king called Aretas. In the reign of Hormuz IL 



