@alhvq1: Saif ibn Dhi Yazan al-Himyari (Arabic: سَيْف بِن ذِي يَزَن الحِمْيَريّ) or simply known as Saif ibn Dhi Yazan, was a semi-legendary Himyarite king who lived in the 6th century CE. He is well-known in the Aksumite-Persian wars for his role in expelling the Aksumites out of Yemen and is considered as the liberator of Yemen. Saif ibn Dhi Yazan was born to the Dhu Yazan family around 516 CE in the town of Sana'a.[5] During his birth, the kingdom was under the rule of the Aksumite client king, Ma'dikarib Ya'fur.[6] Saif lived during the time of the persecution of Christians by the Jewish zealot Dhu Nuwas as well as the subsequent conquest of Himyar by the Aksumite Empire.[6][7] Eventually, Saif's father was forcibly exiled from Yemen by Abraha so that the latter could marry his wife Rayhana bint Dhi Jadan, the daughter of Dhu Jadan al-Himyari.[2][8] This marriage resulted in Abraha having stronger relations with the Yemeni family of Dhu Jadan, as well as the birth of Saif's half-brother Masruq ibn Abraha.[8]

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