| Nagasi | |
|---|---|
| Negus | |
.jpg) 1314 manuscript illustration by Rashid ad-Din. | |
| King of Aksum | |
| Reign | 614–630 |
| Predecessor | Gersem |
| Successor | 'Akla Wedem (unsure) |
| Born | As-hama[1][2] Around 560 C.E.[citation needed] Kingdom of Aksum |
| Died | 630 (aged 69–70)[2] Negash, Kingdom of Aksum (present-day Ethiopia) |
| Father | Abjar (possibly Gersem) |
| Religion | Christianity, later Islam |
| Occupation | King of Aksum |
Aṣ-ḥamah, also spelt as Aṣ-ḥama (Tigrinya: ንጉስ, Arabic: أَصْحَمَة), was the Negus (Arabic: ٱلنَّجَاشِيّ, romanized: An-Najāshī) ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum who reigned from 614–630 C.E..[1] It is agreed by Muslim scholars that Najashi gave shelter to early Muslim refugees from Mecca, around 615–616 at Aksum.[3][4]
- ^ a b al-Bukhari 2013, pp. 174, 179.
- ^ a b Öztürk 2006, pp. 476–477.
- ^ M. Elfasi; Ivan Hrbek (1988). Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century. UNESCO. p. 560. ISBN 978-9-2310-1709-4.
- ^ Ibn Ishāq (2004). Sīratu Rasūlillāh. Oxford University Press. pp. 150–153.