List_of_Yemenis

List of Yemenis

List of Yemenis

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Famous or important Yemenis include:

Yemeni early diaspora

  • Ghassanids, tribes consisting of more than 50 families that migrated north to the Levant
  • Lakhmids
  • Banu Judham
  • Kindah
  • Sakasic, were a Himyarite tribe that settled Northern Egypt around 3rd century AD. They settled the ancient town of Bubastis in Egypt giving it its modern name Zaqaziq after the name of their Yemeni Tribe Sakasic. Also its one of Egypt provinces.
  • Banu Quda'a, were a Himyarite tribe that was exiled from Yemen following the trials of the Lakhmids and they settled The Southern part of the Lakhmid Kingdom in the Samawaregion.
  • Banu Amela, were the first South Arabian tribe to settle The Southern part of Mt Lebanon later known as Jabal Amil, possibly as early as the 1st millennium BC.
  • Banu Muayiya ruled much of northern Arabia and Bahrain. They were mostly affiliated with Himyar and declined after its fall.
  • Banu al-Harith, settled in Najran

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Contemporary figures

Award winners

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References

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