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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: King ''abd Shams Saba Of Sheba Note Born: at Bef. 728 BC , , , Married: Died: Father: Yashjub Ibn Yarab Mother: Unknown
WIFE
Name: Born: Died: Father: Mother:
CHILDREN
Name: Himyar Born: Died:
Name: Kahlan Of Al-hirah Born: at Bef. 695 BC , , , Died:
NOTES
1). It is not known whether the Queen of Sheba is a histo r i c a l figure, nor,if she was, whether sh e was the wi f e o f A b d Shams Saba The Great . She ba , Qu een o f , biblical character who also figures in Is lam ictra dition w here she is named B ilqis and in Ethiop ia n legend , where , a sMakeda, wife of King Solomon, sh e i s credite d with f o undi ng the firstroyal line of th e Kin gdom of Sh eba in so uthwes t Arabia. In the biblica l Boo k of Kings I Kings 10 , the Q ueen of Sheba or Sa ba , a region locate d b y schola rs in so uthwest, or some time s north, Arabia v isits King So lomon a t his court i n Jeru s alem. Hoping t o impress him wi thher we alth, sh e arrive s with a camel tr ain laden with sp ices , go ld ,andjewels . She is overwhelm ed by the splendo r of Solom o n s state , however,attributi n g this, and his p eople s goo d fortu ne in being governe d by sucha king, to t h e Hebrew go d, Y ah weh. The Queen pl ies Solomon with diff i cultquestio n s and is astonished a t the wisdom reveal e d i n his answ ers . If the Queen of Sh eba was a histori cal figu re, sh e is lik ely to havetravele d to Jerusale m fo r diplom ati c and commer cial reasons. Is rael sprosp erity under Solo m on is ascribe d byscholar s t o the kin g s vigorousexpans i on of trade, es pecially in me tals, a nd Solomon would ha vec ontr olled impor tant overlan d tra de routes from Sheb a to t he north. A stor y in the Is lam ic holy book, the Ko ran, rec ounts a trick pla yed onBil q uis by Solomon, wh os e attendan t spirits, not wan ting h i m to fall inlove wit h the exoti c queen, have told h i m t h at she has hairy le gs withdonkey s hooves. The ki ng h a s a glass floor lai d in front of hi s th rone.Whe n Bilqi s ap proaches, she mi stakes the glass s urface fo r water an dlift s her skirts , re vealing her hair y legs . Source Sh eba, Qu een of, Microsoft R Encarta R 9 8 Encyclopedia . c 1993 1 99 7 Microsoft Co rporation. A l l rights reserve d.

						

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