Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan

Abū Murra Sayf bin Dhī Yazan al-Ḥimyarī was a semi-legendary Himyarite king of Yemen who lived between 516 and 578 CE, known for ending Axumite rule over Southern Arabia with the help of the Sassanid Empire. To reconquer Yemen, Sayf asked Khosrau I king of the Sasanian Empire to help him fight the Aksumites.