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Masruq ibn Abraha

Masruq ibn Abraha

Ethiopian ruler of Yemen under the Aksumite Empire

Masrūq ibn Abraha (Arabic: مسروق بن أبرهة) was the Ethiopian ruler of Yemen under the Axumite Empire, as recorded in Arabic and Islamic traditions. He succeeded his father, Abraha. In 570, he was killed in the Battle of Hadhramaut in the Yemeni campaign of Wahriz, reportedly by an arrow shot by Wahriz himself. There are contradictory reports for the year of his death.

"The arrow of old Wahraz kills Masruq, the Ethiopian King of Yemen", Persian miniature from Bal'ami's Tarikhnama

References

  • Hoyland, Robert G. (2001). Arabia and the Arabs: From the Bronze Age to the Coming of Islam. Psychology Press. pp. 56–57. ISBN 978-0-415-19534-8.
  • C. E. Bosworth, “ABNĀʾ,” Encyclopædia Iranica, I/3, p. 226-228; an updated version is available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abna-term (accessed on 25 January 2014).
  • Potts, Daniel T. "ARABIA ii. The Sasanians and Arabia – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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