Muzayqiya

Muzayqiya (Arabic: مزيقياء) was the leader of the Azd tribes and a king ruling parts of Yemen in the 2nd century CE.

[1] The early years of his rule were prosperous, especially for agriculture; the gardens underneath the Ma'rib Dam were full of trees which produced an abundance of fruit for the population.

[1][7] However, in the final years of his reign, the Ma'rib Dam became neglected and then collapsed, resulting in several of the Qahtanite tribes evacuating from Yemen, and emigrating to other places in the Arabian Peninsula or the Levantine regions.

[1][7] Muzayqiya himself emigrated to the land of the Akk tribe (now the Tihama Region) with some his family and people, where he fell ill and died.

[1] The Arab poet and Sahaba, Hassan ibn Thabit, is quoted as saying; "Yemen calls us to Saba' and we respond to it, and we are the kings of the people since the time of Tubba', when the kingdom was in the sons of 'Amr (referring to Muzayqiya).

A map of Yemen, with the red highlighted part being the land of the Akk, where Muzayqiya emigrated to
Map of the Arabian Peninsula by Francesco Berlinghieri, based on Ptolemy's work. The Ghassanids are seen in the western part of the peninsula; under the name Casaniti.