As'ad ibn Ya'fur

As'ad ibn Ya'fur, lord of the fortress of Kahlan, where he lived, and governor of the districts of Yemen in 332 AH, who was held in honour there. ²

He wanted to build Ghumdan, and Yahya ibn al-Husayn al-Hasani advised him not to interfere with it, because its building would be done by the hand of a boy who would come out of the land of Saba and Ma'rib. ²

• The only source is al-Mas'udi's "Muruj al-Dhahab" and needs an additional source. The identifier "asad-ibn-yafar" and the name "As'ad ibn Ya'fur" have been used; the name needs checking.