Abu Karib
| Abu Karib As'ad al-Kamil | |||||||||
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| King of Saba', Dhu Raydan, Hadramawt, Yamnat and their Arabs, on Tawdum and Tihamat | |||||||||
| Reign | 390–420 CE | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Malkikarib Yuhamin | ||||||||
| Successor | Hassan Yuha'min and Sharhabil Yafar | ||||||||
| Died | c. 430 Yemen | ||||||||
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| Father | Malkikarib Yuhamin | ||||||||
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Abū Karib As’ad al-Kāmil (Arabic: أسعد الكامل), called "Abū Karīb", sometimes rendered as As'ad Abū Karīb, full name: Abu Karib As'ad ibn Hassān Maliki Karib Yuha'min, was king (Tubba', Arabic: تُبَّع) of the Himyarite Kingdom (modern day Yemen). He ruled Yemen from 390 CE until 420 CE, beginning as a coregency with his father Malkikarib Yuhamin (r. 375–400) followed by becoming sole ruler in 400. As'ad is cited in some sources as the first of several kings of the Arabian Peninsula to convert to Judaism, although contemporary historians have ascribed this transition to his father. He was traditionally regarded as the first one to cover the Kaaba with the kiswah.