Dhū Nuwās, real name Yūsuf Asʾar Yathʾar, Yosef Nu'as, or Yūsuf bin Sharhabil, also known as Masruq in Syriac, and Dounaas in Medieval Greek, was a Jewish king of Himyar reigning between AD 522–530 wh

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