One ruler of this kingdom refused a petition by Amr ibn al-As after receiving a group of immigrants including the third of the rashidun, Uthman.
One ruler of this kingdom refused a petition by Amr ibn al-As after receiving a group of immigrants including the third of the rashidun, Uthman. The Himyarite Dhu Nawas was deposed by a naval invasion launched by one of this kingdom's rulers, another of whom received a letter demanding the extradition of his tutor Frumentius to be tried for heresy from Constantius II. Arabic sources list Ashama as a ruler of this empire, while the prolific Jew-killing of this state's King Kaleb earned him one of the few heretical canonizations. Another ruler of this kingdom left a (*) monument to his victories after he took his army North and conquered Meroe, which was lost a few decades before Mara Takla Haymanot ended this dynasty when he founded the Zagwe line. This empire overseen by King Ezana is best-known for numerous stelae structures, huge needles of stone rising up from the ground, and for the lucrative trade generated from its port Adulis on the Red Sea, FTP, identify this notably Christian Empire which ruled for much of the 1st millenium in present-day Ethiopia.
One ruler of this kingdom refused a petition by Amr ibn al-As after receiving a group of immigrants including the third of the rashidun, Uthman.
{Axum}ite Empire or {Aksum}ite Empire