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felf can give us with fidelity. By the help of AbyJJinian 

 records, great light may be thrown on the Hiftory of 

 Yemen before the time of Muhammed ; fince it is gene- 

 rally known that four Ethiop kings fucceffively reigned 

 in that country, having been invited over by the natives 

 to oppofe the tyrant Dhn Nazuas ; and thajt they were, 

 in their turn, expelled by the arms of tKe Himyarick 

 Princes, with the aid of Anujliirvan, king of Perfia^ 

 who did not fail, as it ufually happens, to keep in fub- 

 jection the people whom he had corifented to relieve. 

 If the annals of this period can be reftored, it muft be 

 through the hiftories of Abyjfinia, Which will alfo cor- 

 rect, the many errors of the beft Afiatick writers on the 

 Nile, and the countries which it fertilizes. 



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