List of rulers of Saba and Himyar

This is a list of rulers of Saba and Himyar.

Mukarrib (Mukrab, Karab), a religious title that means "near to God", was used by rulers of Saba' until Karib'il Watar changed his title to Malik at the time of the kingdom of Saba' and Dhu Raydan that was established between Himyarites and Sabaeans, both descending from ancient South Arabian patriarch Qahtan. The title Tubba, which means "the one who follows the sun like a shadow" was used by Himyarites to refer to their rulers.

Mukaribs of Saba'

	Mukarib	Reigned	Notes
1	Yatha' Amr Bayin I	circa 1000–950 BC
2	Yada'il Bayin I
3	Samah'ali Yanuf I
4	Yatha' Amar Watar I
5	Yakrib Malek Dzarah
6	Yakrib Malek Watar I
7	Samah'ali Yanuf II
8	Yada'il Bayin II
9	Yatha' Amar Watar II		Contemporary with Sargon II
10	Yada' Ab I
11	Yada'il Bayin III
12	Yakrib Malek Watar II
13	Yatha' Amar Bayin II
14	Karibil Watar I		Contemporary with Sennacherib
15	Yada' Ab II
16	Akh Karab
17	Samah'ali Watar
18	Yada'il Dharih I		Son of 17
19	Samah'ali Yanuf III		Son of 18
20	Yatha' Amar Watar III		Son of 18
21	Yada'il Bayin IV		Son of 20
22	Yada'il Watar I		Son of 20
23	Zamir Ali Zarih I		Son of 21
24	Yatha' Amar Watar IV		son of Samah'ali Yanuf son of 20
25	Karabil Bayin I		Son of 24
26	Samah'ali Yanuf IV		Son of 24
27	Zamir Ali Watar		Son of 26
28	Samah'ali Yanuf V		Son of 27
29	Yatha' Amar Bayin III		Son of 28
30	Yakrib Malek Watar III
31	Zamir Ali Yanuf		Son of 30

Kings of Saba'

	King	Reigned	Notes
32	Karabil Watar II	620–600 BC	Son of 31
33	Samah'ali Zarih	600–580 BC	Son of 32
34	Karabil Watar III	580–570 BC	Son of 33
35	Ilsharih I	570–560 BC	Son of 33
36	Yada'il Bayin V	560–540 BC	Son of 34
37	Yakrib Malek Watar IV	540–520 BC	Son of 36
38	Yatha' Amar Bayin IV	520–500 BC	Son of 37
39	Karabil Watar IV	500–480 BC	Son of 38
40	Samah'ali Yanuf VI	480–460 BC	Son of 39
41	Yada'il Bayin VI		Son of 39
42	Yatha' Amar Watar V		Son of 39
43	Ilsharih II	460–445 BC	Son of 41
44	Zamir Ali Bayin I	445–430 BC	Son of 41
45	Yada'il Watar II	430–410 BC	Son of 44
46	Zamir Ali Bayin II	410–390 BC	Son of 45
47	Samah'ali Yanuf VII		Son of 46
48	Karabil Watar V	390–370 BC	Possibly son of 46
—	Unknown	370–350 BC
49	Karab Yuhan'em	350–330 BC	Son of Ham Athat
50	Karabil Watar VI	330–310 BC	Son of 49
51	Wahab Shamsam/El Yahiz I	310–290 BC	Son of Halik Amar or Saraw
52	Anmar Yuha'man I	290–270 BC	Son of 51
53	Zamir Ali Zarih II	270–250 BC	Son of 52
54	Nasha Karab Yuha'man	250–230 BC	Son of 53
—	Unknown	230–200 BC
55	Nasir Yuhan'em	200–180 BC
56	Zamir Ali Bayin III
57	Wahab El Yahiz II	180–160 BC
58	Karabil Watar Yuhan'em I	160–145 BC	Son of 57
59	Anmar Yuha'man II		Son of 57
60	Yarim Aymin	145–115 BC	Son of Awsalat Rafshan; usurped the throne with his son
61	Alhan Nahfan		Son of 60
62	Far'am Yanhab	130–125 BC	He managed to partially regain the legitimate throne

Kings of Saba' & Dhu Raydan

	King	Reigned	Notes
63	Sha'ram Awtar		Son of 61
64	Il Sharih Yahdhib		Son of 62. He was probably Strabo's "Ilasarus". Contemporary with Sha'ram Awtar, see # 63
65	Yazil Bayin		Son of 62. He allied with his brother see # 64 against Sha'ram Awtar see # 63
67	Hayu Athtar Yazi'		Son of 63?
68	Karabil Watar Yuhan'em II		Son of 56. Probably the Charibael of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, said to have dominion over the major ports of Azania (the Swahili coast) through a vassal in Saba
69	Watar Yuha'min		Son of 64.
70	Zamir Ali Zarih III		Son of 68
71	Nasha Karab Yuha'min Yuharhib		Son of 64
72	Karabil Bayin II		Son of 68
73	Yasir Yuhasdiq
74	Sa'd Shams ʽAsri'		Son of 64
75	Murthid Yuhahmid		Son of 74
76	Zamir Ali Yahbir I		Son of 73
77	Tharin Ya'ib Yuhan'im		Son of 76
78	Zamir Ali Yahbir II		Son of 77
79	Shamdar Yuhan'im
80	Amdan Bayin Yuhaqbiz
81	Hutar Athat Yafish
82	Karab Athat Yuhaqbiz
83	Shahar Aymin
84	Rab Shams Namran
85	El Ez Nawfan Yuhasdiq
86	Sa'd Um Namran
87	Yasir Yuhan'em

Kings of Saba' & Dhu Raydan & Hadhramaut & Yamnat 2nd Himyarite Kingdom

	King	Reigned	Notes
88	Shammar Yahr'ish	AD  275–300	Son of 87
89	Yarim Yuharhib		Son of 88
90	Yasir Yuhan'im III		Son of 88
91	Tharin Ayfi'		Son of 90
92	Dhara'amar Ayman I		Son of 90
93	Karabil Watar Yuhan'em III
94	Tharin Yakrib		Son of 88
95	Zamir Ali Yahbir III		Son of 94
96	Tharin Yuhan'im		Son of 95
97	MalikiKarab Yuha'min		Son of 96
98	Dhara'amar Ayman II		Son of 97

King of Saba', Dhu Raydan, Hadramawt, Yamnat and their Arabs, on Tawdum (the high plateau) and Tihamat

	King	Reigned	Notes
99	Abu Karab As'ad	390–420	Son of 97; become King of Saba', Dhu Raydan, Hadramawt, Yamnat and their Arabs, on Tawdum (the high plateau) and Tihamat.
100	Hassan Yuha'min	420–448	Son of 99
101	Sharhabil Yafar	428–457	Son of 99; Identified as 'Amr, the brother of Hassan(100) in Arab tradition
102	'Abd-kalal	458–unknown	Identified as 'Abd-Kalil/'Abd-Kalal or Dhu Ra'yn in Arab tradition
103	Sharhabil Ykf		Son of 100; He ruled with his three sons 103, 104, & 105; Identified as 'Amr, the son of Hassan(100) in Arab tradition
104	Mu'di Karab Yan'im		Son of 103; Identified as Hassan Ibn 'Amr(103) son of Tuban As'ad Abi Karib(100)
105	Lahi'ah Yanuf		Son of 103; Identified as Tuban As'ad son of 'Amr(103) son of Hassan(100) son of Tuban As'ad(100) in Arab tradition
106	Nawfim		Son of 103
107	Marthad'ilan Yanuf		Identified as Marthad son of 'Abd Kalal(102) in Arab tradition
108	Luhi'ah Yanuf Dhi-Haṣbaḥ		Identified as Dhu Shanatir in Arab tradition
109	Yūsuf Asʾar Yathʾar	517–527	Son of 105; Murdered 108; his name was Ma'dikarib Ya'fur before conversion; his name was Zar'ah son of Tuban As'ad(105) son of 'Amr(103) son of Hassan(100) son of Tuban As'ad(100) before conversion according to Arab tradition
110	Sumuafa' Ashawa'		Appointed by Kaleb
111	Abraha Asbaha	overthrown Sumuafa Ashwa' and turned against Kaleb of Aksum
112	Masruq Bn Abraha	son of Abraha the last official king was killed by General Wahrez of Sassanid empire at the battle of Hadramout in 558 AD.
113	Yazid Bn Kabshat of Kinda		was appointed as by the Sassanids as a temporary king before being executed by General Wahrez and thus Wahrez became the first Persian Sassanid governor of Yemen.