Dhu Nuwas (English spelling)

Japanese: Dhū Nuwās(英語表記)DhuNuwas
Dhu Nuwas (English spelling)

...The great flood described in the Quran, Chapter 34, verse 16, is interpreted as the collapse of the Marib dam, and symbolically represents the devastation of Yemen's irrigation agriculture. The last Himyar king, Dhū Nuwās (reigned 487-525), converted to Judaism and massacred the Christians of Najran. At the request of the Byzantine emperor, the King of Aksum sent troops to Yemen and killed Dhū Nuwās, and Abyssinian (Ethiopian) rule over Yemen continued. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Dhū Nuwās" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…コーラン34章16節に記された大洪水はマーリブのダムの決壊のことと解され,イエメンの灌漑農業の荒廃を象徴的に物語る。最後のヒムヤル王ズー・ヌワースDhū Nuwās(在位487‐525)はユダヤ教に改宗し,ナジュラーンのキリスト教徒を虐殺した。ビザンティン皇帝の要請を受けたアクスム王は,イエメンに出兵してズー・ヌワースを殺し,その後アビシニア(エチオピア)のイエメン支配が続いた。…

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