World-changing518 CE – 525 CE · 7 years

Aksumite invasion of Himyar (Kaleb)

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Zafar · Najran · Himyar · Sana'a · Aden

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Kaleb of Aksum's invasion overthrew the Jewish Himyarite king Dhu Nuwas after the Najran massacre, installing the viceroy Sumyafa Ashwa.

Belligerents4

Kingdom of Aksum
Himyarite Kingdom
Sasanian Empire
Aksumite Himyar

ON THE MAPKingdom of AksumSassanid Empire

Conflict graph

PART OFAxumite Invasions of Arabia

SUB-CONFLICTS · 1

Battle of Zabid525 CE

Sources

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