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Abreha and Atsbeha
Abreha and Atsbeha (Abreha wa Atsbeha) are the legendary brother kings of Ethiopian tradition, venerated as saints, credited with making Aksum a Christian kingdom; scholars doubt their historical existence.
Alla Amidas
Alla Amidas (Éllä Amida, እለ አሚዳ) was a king of the Kingdom of Aksum around 535–550, attested chiefly by rare gold coins die-linked to Kaleb.
Aphilas
Aphilas, also Aphilas Bisi Dimele, was a king of Aksum in the early 4th century AD, known chiefly from his coinage, including the only Aksumite fractional gold denominations.
Armah
Armah, also known as Ashama ibn Abjar, was a king of the Kingdom of Aksum in the early 7th century AD, remembered as its last coin-issuing ruler.
Ashama ibn Abjar
Ashama ibn Abjar, called An-Najashi or the Negus, was the Christian king of Aksum who gave shelter to the first Muslim emigrants from Mecca around 615 CE and died in 630.
Bazen of Axum
Bazen of Axum is an early king of Aksum in the Ethiopian king lists, traditionally reigning when Christ was born in the eighth year of his rule.
Datawnas
Datawnas, written DTWNS in inscriptions, was a third-century king of Aksum and Habashat, named with his son Zaqarnas in an inscription found at al-Misʿal in Yemen.
DBH (king of Aksum)
DBH, vocalized Adhebah or Azeba, was a king of the Ethiopian kingdom of Aksum who reigned around AD 230–240; his son Garmat commanded Aksumite troops against the Sabaeans.
Degna Djan
Degna Djan, also written Degna-Zan, is a legendary king of Aksum traditionally placed in the 9th or 10th century AD and known only from later traditions.
Dil Na'od
Dil Na'od, also written Del Na'od, is the last king of Aksum in Ethiopian tradition, a semi-legendary 9th or 10th century ruler before the Zagwe dynasty.
Ebana
Ebana of Aksum was a king of the Kingdom of Aksum around 440–470 AD, attested through his gold, silver, and bronze coins bearing Ge'ez legends and a cross.
Ella Gabaz
Ella Gabaz, also vocalized 'Ellä-Gäbäz, was a king of the Aksumite Empire in what is now Ethiopia, dated to the late 6th and early 7th century AD.
Endubis
Endubis, also spelled Endybis, was a king of Aksum in the late third century AD and the earliest Aksumite ruler known to have struck coins, in gold, silver, and bronze.
Ezana
Ezana (Geʿez ኤዛና) was King of Aksum in the fourth century AD and the first Christian ruler of the Aksumite Empire, known from his inscriptions and coins.
GDRT
GDRT, conventionally vocalized Gadarat, was an early king of Aksum known from South Arabian inscriptions of the early third century AD, and probably the first Aksumite king to intervene in South Arabian politics.
Gebre Meskel
Gebre Meskel (Gäbrä-Mäsqäl, 'servant of the cross') is a traditional sixth-century king of Aksum and son of Kaleb, canonized by the Ethiopian Church with a feast on 8 December.
Gersem
Gersem of Aksum was a king of the Aksumite kingdom in Ethiopia and Eritrea, known almost entirely from his rare late sixth or early seventh century coins.
Gudit
Gudit, also known as Yodit or Esato, is a 10th-century queen of Ethiopia whom tradition credits with persecuting the church and toppling the kingdom of Aksum.
Hataz
Hataz, also attested as Hethasas and Hataza, was a king of Aksum in what is now Ethiopia, reigning in the early 7th century and known only from his coins.
Israel of Aksum
Israel of Aksum was a king of the Aksumite kingdom in what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea, known essentially only from his coinage, dated to the 570s.
Lmn of Dʿmt
Lmn (Lāmān), son of Rabāḥ, was a ruler of the pre-Aksumite kingdom of Dʿmt in Tigray, Ethiopia, titled mukarrib of Dʿmt and Sabaʾ and known from Ethio-Sabaean inscriptions.
Masoba Warq
Masoba Warq, also written Mesobe Werq or Terde'a Gabaz, is a legendary Aksumite princess of Ethiopian tradition whose marriage to the first Zagwe king transferred the kingdom, a story known only from later chronicles.
MHDYS
MHDYS, also vocalized Mehadeyis or Mahadayas, was a Christian king of the Kingdom of Aksum in Ethiopia and Eritrea, known only from his 5th-century coins.
Nezool
Nezool, also Nezana, was a king of Aksum in the Horn of Africa who ruled in the later 5th century AD and is known only from his coinage.
Ouazebas
Ouazebas, also known as Wazebas, was a king of Aksum in the late 4th century AD, known from his gilt bronze coins bearing the Greek legend "King Ouazebas".
Ousanas
Ousanas, also known as Ella Amida, was a king of Aksum in the early 4th century AD, remembered as the father or predecessor of Ezana, Aksum's first Christian king.
Ousas
Ousas (Greek ΟΥΣΑΣ) was a Christian king of Aksum in the late 5th and early 6th century, known only from his coins, which precede Kaleb's reign.
Rbh of Dʿmt
Rbḥ was a ruler of the pre-Aksumite kingdom of Dʿmt in the northern Ethiopian highlands, attested by an incense burner inscription from Addi Gelemo in Tigray, Ethiopia.
Rdm of Dʿmt
Rdm, vocalized Radiʿum, was a king of Dʿmt in the northern Ethiopian highlands during the early first millennium BC, bearing the titles victorious king of S¹ryt and mukarrib of Dʿmt.
Saifu
Saifu is a ruler dated around 577 AD who is conventionally, but disputedly, identified as a king of Aksum, based on one passage in a Chinese biography of Muhammad.