Dhu Shanatir

Dhu Shanatir (Arabic: لخنيعة ينوف ذو شناتر‎, romanized: Lakhniʿah Yanuf Dhu Shanatir) also spelled Zu Shenatir, was a Himyarite king who ruled Yemen for 27 years. He was not from the royal family (Tubba').[2] He was known as "The Man with Earrings".[3]

Dhu Shanatir
Reign478-490[1]
PredecessorDhu Ma'ahir (Hassan)
SuccessorDhu Nuwas
BornHimyarite Kingdom (modern day Yemen)
Diedc. 490
Himyarite Kingdom (modern day Yemen)
Full name
Arabic: لخنيعة ينوف ذو شناتر‎, romanized: Lakhniʿah Yanuf Dhu Shanatir

He is known as one of the first recorded serial killers.[4] He lured young boys from the royal family into his home with the promise of food and money,[5] stripped them naked and sodomized them. He then killed them by throwing them naked out of an upper story window of his home. He was only stopped when a would-be victim, named Zara'h (Dhu Nuwas),[6] stabbed him in the anus.[7] Following his assassination, Dhu Shanatir's decapitated head was displayed from the palace window and Dhu Nawas assumed rulership of the Himyarite Kingdom.[8][9][10]

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References
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  8. Tabari (4 November 1999). History of al-Tabari Vol. 5, The: The Sasanids, the Byzantines, the Lakhmids, and Yemen. SUNY Press. pp. 189, 190. ISBN 9780791497227.
  9. "نوادر المخطوطات • الموقع الرسمي للمكتبة الشاملة". shamela.ws (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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