Najashi
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The Najashi (Template:Langx) was the Arabic term for the ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum (Template:Langx) who reigned from 614 to 630.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". It is agreed by Muslim scholars that Najashi gave shelter to early Muslim refugees from Mecca, around 615–616 at Aksum.[1][2]
Reign
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Identification with historical Axumite king
Arabic sources state the king's name was "Ella-Seham", occasionally written as variant names "Ashama", "Asmaha", "Sahama" and "Asbeha".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ethiopian regnal lists record multiple kings named "Saham" or "Ella Saham", but all of them reigned before Kaleb (r. early 6th century) and are too early in the chronology for any of their reigns to coincide with the migration to Abyssinia.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ethiopian sources instead state that a different king named Adriaz was a contemporary of prophet Muhammad.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". An unpublished manuscript dates his reign to 603–623 E.C..Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". According to Alaqa Taye Gabra Mariam, the Muslim migration took place in 620 E.C. and coincided with the reign of Aderaz.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
See also
- Armah
- Saifu
- List of mosques in Africa
- Al Nejashi Mosque in Negash, Ethiopia
- Mosque of the Companions in Massawa, Eritrea
References
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- ↑ Sahih Muslim, Chapter 11:The Book of Prayer - Funerals, No.951-953.
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- W. Raven, "Some early Islamic texts on the negus of Abyssinia", Journal of Semitic Studies, 22 (1988), pp. 197–218
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