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People: Abraha
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Abraha

Aksumite Christian viceroy and self-styled king of Saba’
Years: 500 - 571

Abraha (also spelled Abreha) (died after 553; r. 525—at least 553) also known as 'Abraha al-Ashram or Abraha b. as-Saba'h, is an Aksumite Christian viceroy in southern Arabia for the Kingdom of Aksum, and later self styled King of Saba' (Yemen).

Procopius records that Abraha was once the slave of a Roman merchant at Adulis, while al-Tabari says that he was related to the Axumite royal family.

Regions
The Near and Middle East (500 - 571)
Southeast Europe (500 - 571)
Central Europe (500 - 571)
West Europe (500 - 571)
Southern Africa (500 - 571)
East Africa (500 - 571)
Middle Africa (500 - 571)
West Africa (500 - 571)
North Africa (500 - 571)
Southwest Europe (500 - 571)
Macaronesia (500 - 571)
South Atlantic (500 - 571)