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Key Facts |
| Other names |
Harb ibn Umayya |
| Born |
530 |
| Location |
Aden (Yemen) |
| Bloodline |
Hasmonean |
| Married |
Yes. |
| Children |
several including Abī Sufyān ibn Harb |
| Position |
Jewish King of Himyarite (570-579). Founder of the Umay-Yad |
| Died |
579 (aged 49) |
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Source of Facts and Important Announcement |
| Status |
Under Article 64.6 of the Covenant of One-Heaven (Pactum De Singularis Caelum) by Special Qualification shall be known as a Saint, with all sins and evil acts they performed forgiven. |
| Date of formal Beatification |
Day of Redemption UCA[E1:Y1:A1:S1:M9:D1] also known as Fri, 21 Dec 2012. |
| Source of Facts |
Self Confession and Revelation of Sainthood by the Deceased Spirit as condition of their confirmation as a true Saint. |
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Background |
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Born in Petra (Jordan) to Shamir Yafa' Ashwa', the son of the second last Sadducee Jewish King of Himyarite and great grandson of Ma'ad Karib Ya'fur. Famous as founder of the Umay-Yad dynasty and later Islamic Empire. His name ("Harb") literally means "war". |
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The royal family was first deposed from power around 525 when King Kaleb with the help of the whole Roman Imperial Navy from Justinian destroyed Aden and invaded Himyar. |
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King Kaleb was a trading competitor to the Himyarites on the Ethiopian/Somalian coast converted his whole kingdom to Christianity and pledged a new trade deal with Emperor Justianian concerning the African trade of gold, ivory, spices and trade historically controlled by the Sadducee royal families in Yemen for nearly 700 years. |
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The Sadducee Himyar royal family in exile still commanded vast wealth and resources, particularly the Nabatean bedouin with whom they had controlled the market of trade by Land from North-East Africa for centuries. |
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Around 550, Harb reformed the resistance forces against the Ethiopians into a guerilla army, calling them the UMAY-YAD which in means "Hand of (the) Goddess" (Yad = Hand) and (Umay a title of honor for the Female Goddess, the same as Ashtoreth/Cybele). |
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Harb succeeded in destroying important infrastructure of the Ethopians, such as the main water supply to the city of Ma'rib, the capital for Abraha. |
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Harb moved the headquarters for the resistance south west to Mecca, displacing the priest families that traditionally mainted the most sacred temple of the sacred city. |
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In a controversial episode, a battle with the forces of Abraha took place in the courtyard of the Ka'aba resulting in it being badly damaged around 570. |
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Through the support of the King Khosrau I of Persia (531-579), Harb briefly expelled the Ethiopians and ruled under the title Al-Himyari, with Persian protection. |
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When the Great King (Shah) Khosrau did in 579, the Ethopians struck with a band of assassins and murdered Harb at his palace. His son Abī Sufyān ibn Harb and others of his court managed to escape from being killed and for a brief time returned to a new palace they had built in Mecca. |
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Yet when Hormizd IV (579-590) came to the Persian throne, he chose instead a Persian administrative office for the region, in order to restore peace and trade. Yemen remained in Persian control until 638. |
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