518–528 invasion of Himyarite Kingdom by Aksumite Empire
Aksumite invasion of Himyar
Part of Roman–Persian Wars
The Himyarite Kingdom in 525 AD, just before King Kaleb's conquest
Date
518–525
Location
Southern Arabia
Result
Himyarite victory on 522
Aksumite victory on 525
Territorial changes
Himyarite Kingdom annexed by the Kingdom of Aksum
Belligerents
Kingdom of Aksum
South Arabian Christians[1][2]
Supported by:
Eastern Roman Empire
Himyarite Kingdom
Supported by:
Sasanian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Kaleb of Axum
Ḥayyān[3]
Justin I
Yūsuf Dhū Nuwās †
Strength
70 ships during the invasion of 525
100,000 troops
Roman reinforcements
120,000 soldiers at the Siege of Najran
Casualties and losses
12,500-14,000 killed
11,000 prisoners [4]
Unknown
Massacre of Christians in Najran
The Aksumite invasion of Himyar consisted of a series of two invasions from 518 to 525 fought between the Christian Kingdom of Aksum and the Jewish Himyarite Kingdom. The wars functioned as proxy wars waged by the former on behalf of the Roman Empire during the Roman-Persian Wars with the ultimate goal of establishing an anti-Sasanid bloc in Arabia Felix.[5]
^D. W. Phillipson (2012). Foundations of an African Civilisation: Aksum and the Northern Horn, 1000 BC – 1300 AD. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 204.
^ P. Yule (2013). "A Late Antique Christian king from Ḥimyar, southern Arabia, Antiquity, 87". Antiquity Bulletin. Antiquity Publications: 1134.
^Rukuni, Rugare (2020). "Religious statecraft: Constantinianism in the figure of Nagashi Kaleb". Theological Studies. 76 (4): 5. doi:10.4102/hts.v76i4.5885. S2CID 225161400.
^ Jacques Ryckmans, La persécution des chrétiens himyarites au sixième siècle, Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Inst. in het Nabije Oosten, 1956 pp. 1–24; A. Jamme, W.F., Sabaean and Ḥasaean Inscriptions from Saudi Arabia, Instituto di Studi del Vicino Oriente: Università di Roma, Rome 1966, p. 40
^Hatke, George (2011), Africans in Arabia Felix: Aksumite Relations with Himyar in the Sixth Century C.E. Vol. 1, p. 4
and 23 Related for: Aksumite invasion of Himyar information
The AksumiteinvasionofHimyar consisted of a series of two invasions from 518 to 525 fought between the Christian Kingdom of Aksum and the Jewish Himyarite...
annexation ofHimyar, the Kingdom of Aksum was at its largest territorial extent, being around 2,500,000 km2. However, the territory was lost in the Aksumite–Persian...
is a list of rulers of Saba' and Himyar, ancient Arab kingdoms which are now part of present-day Yemen. The kingdom of Saba' became part of the Himyarite...
Aksumite currency was coinage produced and used within the Kingdom of Aksum (or Axum) centered in present-day Eritrea and Ethiopia. Its mintages were...
Military of the Sasanian Empire List of Sasanian revolts and civil wars Göktürk–Persian wars Hephthalite–Persian Wars Aksumite–Persian wars Military of Safavid...
persecution of Christians in Himyar to the Aksumite Kingdom. As a result, the Aksumite king Ahayawa invaded Himyar. Dhu Nuwas fled this first invasion, and at...
king ofHimyar, ruling in the 6th century CE under the Aksumite Empire. He was also the viceroy of the Aksumite king Kaleb, who had invaded Himyar and...
St. Elesbaan was an Aksumite king of Ethiopia who recovered the royal power in Himyar (Yemen) after the massacre of the Martyrs of Najran. Vincent J. O'Malley...
capital ofḤimyar : rehabilitation of a 'decadent' society; excavations of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 1998–2010 in the highlands of Yemen...
little evidence supporting Aksumite control of the region at that time, his title, which includes King of Saba and Salhen, Himyar and Dhu-Raydan (all in modern-day...
claims to Sahlen (Saba) and Dhu-Raydan (Himyar) during a time when such control was unlikely may indicate an Aksumite presence or coastal foothold. Traditional...
sources, after seizing the throne of the Ḥimyarites, in ca. 518 or 523, Dhū Nuwās, a Jewish king, attacked the Aksumite (mainly Christian) garrison at Zafar...
with the Kingdom of Aksum, Ethiopia's territory evolved significantly through conquest of the lands surrounding it. Strong Aksumite trading partnerships...
Greek, was a Jewish king ofHimyar reigning between 522–530 AD who came to renown on account of his persecutions of peoples of other religions, notably...
Shamir called Himyar prince Dhu-Raydan sent military aid from Aksum. Later, Aksumite king adopted nominally "king of Saba and Himyar", asserting suzerainty...
little evidence supporting Aksumite control of the region at that time, his title, which includes king of Saba and Salhen, Himyar and Dhu-Raydan (all in modern-day...
earlier supported the Arabian Jews ofHimyar. The acceptance of these Muslims into the Kingdom of Axum at precisely a moment of Persian triumph in the Levant...
Gregentios (Greek: Γρηγέντιος) was the purported archbishop of Ẓafār, the capital of the kingdom ofḤimyar, in the mid-6th century, according to a hagiographical...
events, see History of Yemen. See also the List of rulers of Saba and Himyar, the list of Imams of Yemen and the list of presidents of Yemen. Centuries:...
Persian Gulf states. The Kingdom of Oman was subdued by the Sasanian Empire's forces under Vahrez during the Aksumite–Persian wars. The 4,000-strong Sasanian...
By 515, Himyar became increasingly divided along religious lines and a bitter conflict between different factions paved the way for an Aksumite intervention...
known as Musnad script. The empire ended with the invasionof the Himyar Kingdom, which was part of its federation, in 275 BC. In early times, the term...
Global Information