He was one of the kings of Himyar, hence he received the title Tubba' (plural:Tababi'ah), but he was from a family of Sabaean ancestry, therefore, he was one of the Adhaaf al-Tababi'ah (Arabic: أضعاف التبابعة).
[4] Arabian legends tell of Rabia ibn Nasr having a dream which foretold the coming of Muhammad.
Satih replied that the Abyssinians (referring to the Axumite Empire) would invade Yemen and rule it.
Rabia then asked if the rule of the king would be forever, and Satih replied that it would be cut shortly, and afterwards a Prophet would come whose dominion would last until the end of time.
When Rabia saw that both Shaqiq and Satih had given the same interpretations of his dream, he sent his family to Al-Hirah, and wrote to a Persian king called Shabur ibn Khorramzad[note 2] on their behalf to allow them to settle there.