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In the sixth century, the king of Yemen, Dzu Nowass, a convert to Judaism,
undertook a violent persecution (https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?
id=9187) against the Arab Christians under his rule, demanding that they convert to
Judaism. To the largely Christian (https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?
id=2927) city of Nadjran the king sent a messenger bearing a pole-mounted cross
and conveying this ultimatum: "Whosoever will
(https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=12332) not show insult to this
sign shall be destroyed by fire and sword. Whosoever remains Christian...shall perish
by fire and sword...Therefore, citizens of Nadjran, choose my favor, or your religion

(https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=9935) of the Crucified.”
Following the people's refusal to deny their faith, the king ordered a series of
massacres. 427 priests, deacons, monks, consecrated virgins, and lay Catholics
were thrown in pits and burned to death. The city's governor, Prince Arethas, known
to Arab historians as Abdallah Ibn Althamir, was beheaded. A far larger massacre
followed, in which over four thousand of the faithful were slain in various ways. As the
head veils were stripped from a Christian
(https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=2927) noblewoman and her two
daughters in preparation for their beheading, the Jewish
(https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=6511) women among the
spectators wept in sympathy for the martyrs.

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