An inscription found at Husn al-Ghurab contradicts the widespread tradition surrounding this man's death by claiming he was killed in battle as opposed to riding his horse into the sea and drowning to avoid capture.  Ibn Khaldun says this man's name was given due to his curly hair, and he came into power after dispatching the usurper Khani'ah Yanuf Dhu Shanatir.  This king instigated a series of wars first by killing traveling Byzantine merchants and later by massacring the Ethiopian population of the cities of Mocha and Zafar, as well as due to an incident in his own city of Najran, leading to Justin I arranging for an attack by proxy from Kaleb of Axum.  In Najran, this man had offered the
An inscription found at Husn al-Ghurab contradicts the widespread tradition surrounding this man's death by claiming he was killed in battle as opposed to riding his horse into the sea and drowning to avoid capture.  Ibn Khaldun says this man's name was given due to his curly hair, and he came into power after dispatching the usurper Khani'ah Yanuf Dhu Shanatir.  This king instigated a series of wars first by killing traveling Byzantine merchants and later by massacring the Ethiopian population of the cities of Mocha and Zafar, as well as due to an incident in his own city of Najran, leading to Justin I arranging for an attack by proxy from Kaleb of Axum.  In Najran, this man had offered the Christian population a choice of conversion or death in response to the treatment of his religious brethren elsewhere.  For 10 points, name this king of Himyar famous for his conversion of much of Yemen to Judaism.
An inscription found at Husn al-Ghurab contradicts the widespread tradition surrounding this man's death by claiming he was killed in battle as opposed to riding his horse into the sea and drowning to avoid capture.  
Zur'ah Yusuf ibn Tuban As'ad abi Karib {Dhu Nuwas} [or {Dunaan} or {Yusuf As'ar Yath'ar}]