Significant640 CE – 702 CE · 62 years

Arab–Aksumite raids

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Adulis · Dahlak · Jeddah

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Aksumite raid on Jeddah (702) provoked the Umayyad seizure of the Dahlak archipelago, ending Aksumite Red Sea maritime power.

Belligerents3

Rashidun Caliphate
Umayyad Caliphate
Kingdom of Aksum

ON THE MAPRashidun CaliphateUmayyad CaliphateKingdom of Aksum

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Cite as: Arab–Aksumite raids (640 CE – 702 CE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/arabaksumite-raids · Sources & methodology