al-Aswad ibn Ghaffar

الأسود بن غفار

Last king of Jadis — fled Hassan's sack to Tayyi' who sheltered him unknowing; his line, they say, yet survives among them 1.

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Al-Aswad ibn Ghaffar, king of Judays when King Hassan destroyed them. Al-Mas'udi relates that he fled until he came to the home of Tayy, who gave him protection from the king and others without knowing who he was. He says that his descendants among Tayy are known today. 2

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The destruction of Jadis

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Zarqa' al-Yamama· The destruction of Jadis

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  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 455
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.455
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Zarqa' al-Yamama

The far-sighted woman of Jadis — three nights' sight — who warned her people of trees marching and was disbelieved; Hassan's sack followed, her eyes were drawn to reveal the antimony veins of the first kohl, and she was crucified on Jaww's gate, whence the town took her name.