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Dhu Nuwas

Yemeni king, last ruler of Himyarite Kingdom
Person human Q878766

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[6]
Date of death
February 530
Country of citizenship
Himyarite kingdom[3]
Occupation
ruler
Position held
king[4]
Religion or worldview
Judaism[5]
Described by source
Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002)[9][10]
Given name
Yusuf[8]
Name in native language
ذو نواس, ذو نواس الحميري[12][13]
Noble title
king[7]
Replaces
Dhu Shanatir[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Yūsuf Asʾar Yathʾar en Dhu Nuwas ar ذو النواس ar يوسف ذو النواس الحميري ar ذو النواس الحميري ar ذي نواس ar ذو نواس ar يوسف أزار يثأر de Yūsuf ʾAsʾar Yaṯʾar de Dhu Nuwas de Du Nuwas de Yusuf Asar Yathar de Yusuf Asʾar Yathʾar es Dhu Nuwas es Yusuf Dhu Nuwas fa ذونواس he יוסף ד'ו נואס he יוסף דו נואס he יוסף ד'ו נוואס he יוסף דו נוואס
🔖 Identifiers · 13
VIAF cluster ID
6579168290804057610009
GND ID
1310680051
Biblissima authority ID
Wikidata item
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02415049
Comic Vine ID
4005-128725
Dictionary of Late Antiquity ID
5683
Encyclopaedia of Islam (second edition) ID
SIM_1834
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Yusuf-Asar-Yathar
Freebase ID
/m/039zc6
Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)
11650
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987012331668605171
Orthodox Encyclopedia ID
1238031
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TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
zunuvas

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🔗 Connections
Country of citizenship 1
Himyarite kingdom
Described by source 1
Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
Given name 1
Yusuf
Instance of 1
human
Noble title 1
king
Occupation 1
ruler
Position held 1
king
Religion or worldview 1
Judaism
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Dhu Nuwas died on February 530[1]. He worked as a ruler[2].

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What did Dhu Nuwas do for work?

Dhu Nuwas worked as ruler[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002). wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'id',
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 5w ago · Krateven · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian) → 11650
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian): 11650"
  3. 11w ago · ForzaGreen · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002)
    Name in native language → {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'ذو نواس'}, {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'ذو نواس الحميري'}
    Wikidata description → Yemeni king, last ruler of Himyarite Kingdom
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Name in native language: ذو نواس الحميري, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269157|batch #269157]]"
  4. 11w ago · ~2026-45163-18 · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → Yemeni king, last ruler of Himyarite Kingdom
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||en, ar */"
  5. 15w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Wikidata item
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority ID: Q231830, Import ID Biblissima V2 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/74d891b831c|details]])"
  6. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → human
    Given name → Yusuf
    Occupation → ruler
    Instance of → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30851|batch #30851]]: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (7)"
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