Najashi | |
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Negus | |
![]() 1314 manuscript illustration by Rashid ad-Din. | |
King of Aksum | |
Reign | 614–630 |
Predecessor | Israel or Ioel (unsure) |
Successor | 'Akla Wedem (unsure) |
Born | Ashama[1][2] Around 560 C.E.[citation needed] Kingdom of Axum |
Died | 630[2] Negash, Kingdom of Axum (present-day Ethiopia) | (aged 69–70)
Father | Abjar |
Religion | Islam |
Aṣ-ḥamah also spelt as Aṣ-ḥama (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 Muslim emigrants from Mecca, around 615–616 at Axum.[3][4]