Page:Early Christianity in Arabia.djvu/24

14 were descended the tribe of Koreish. Kâhtan was the first that wore a diadem in the land of Yaman. Kâhtan was succeeded by his son Yârab, who is celebrated as the first who spoke the language and introduced the ceremonials of Arabia. Yeshab، the son of Yârab, was succeeded by Abd-Shems, or Saba, the founder of the city of Mariaba, and of the great reservoir in its neighbourhood, which collected the streams as they flowed from the mountains, and distributed them over the plains. He was the first