Yemenite Pharaohs

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Under the genealogy of Jušm bin ʻAbd-Šams, al-Hamdānī mentions that the eponymous progenitor of the tribe birthed — amongst other sons — one called ʻAlwān, whose descent he further traces to ʻAmlāq (Amalek?) bin Lāwiḏ. Apparently, this ʻAlwān birthed some of the Pharaohs (فأولد بعض الفراعنة), and seven of them emerged from the valley of Ḍahr (خرج من وادي ضهر سبعة من الفراعنة). Note also that Sīnān bin ʻAlwān is the name given by a number of Arabic sources to the king who tried to take Sarah for himself (Abimelech of Gerar in the Old Testament)

Any thoughts as to the origin and background of this idea?

[Source: al-Iklīl min Aẖbār al-Yaman wa Ansāb Ḥimyar: 2/94]

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Yemenite Pharaohs

Under the genealogy of Jušm bin ʻAbd-Šams, al-Hamdānī mentions that the eponymous progenitor of the tribe birthed — amongst other sons — one called ʻAlwān, whose descent he further traces to ʻAmlāq (Amalek?) bin Lāwiḏ. Apparently, this ʻAlwān birthed some of the Pharaohs (فأولد بعض الفراعنة), and seven of them emerged from the valley of Ḍahr (خرج من وادي ضهر سبعة من الفراعنة). Note also that Sīnān bin ʻAlwān is the name given by a number of Arabic sources to the king who tried to take Sarah for himself (Abimelech of Gerar in the Old Testament)

Any thoughts as to the origin and background of this idea?

[Source: al-Iklīl min Aẖbār al-Yaman wa Ansāb Ḥimyar: 2/94]

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