Abd Kulal ibn Muthawwib

عبد كلال بن مثوب

The Himyarite Tubba' who came up to Yamama and destroyed the remnants of Tasm and Jadis — crucifying the Jadisite woman Yamama bint Murr on the gate of Jaww, which took her name 1.

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Abd Kulal ibn Muthawwib, a Himyarite Tubba'. Al-Baladhuri says that he set out from Yemen and came upon Tasm and Jadis at al-Yamama, who had been weakened by their wars with each other, and killed them. 1

He crucified a woman of Jadis called al-Yamama, daughter of Marr, at the gate of Jaww, and Jaww was named after her. 1

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  1. Ansab al-Ashraf of al-Baladhuri , p. 8
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