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456 SOUTHERN ARA1UA. [C1I. XXIV.
poets have placed the city of Ir&n, with <c its
fine palace and delicious gardensand
lastly, in Hydramaut, flourished the kingdom
of the Himyarltic dynasty, whose dominion at
one time extended to India, endured for two
thousand years, and numbered among its
illustrious monarchs, Solomon’s cotemporary,
the celebrated Queen Sheba.
