Abraha

E358817

Aksumite historical figure ruler

Abraha was a Christian Abyssinian ruler of Yemen known in Islamic tradition for leading the failed expedition with an elephant army to destroy the Kaaba in Mecca, an event referenced in Surah Al-Fil.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Abraha canonical	3
Abraha al-Ashram	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Aksumite ⓘ historical figure ⓘ ruler ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Red Sea coast ⓘ surface form: Red Sea region
associatedEvent	The Elephant ⓘ surface form: Year of the Elephant
associatedWith	Kaaba ⓘ Mecca ⓘ Surah Al-Fil ⓘ
conflictWith	Arab pagans ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Aksumite Empire ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Aksum
culture	Aksumite Empire ⓘ surface form: Aksumite South Arabian ⓘ
deathPlace	Yemen ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Abyssinian ⓘ
goal	destruction of the Kaaba ⓘ divert pilgrimage from Mecca ⓘ
knownFrom	Arabic historical sources ⓘ Islamic tradition ⓘ Quranic exegesis ⓘ
legacy	figure in pre-Islamic Arabian history ⓘ symbol of divine protection of the Kaaba ⓘ
locationOfMilitaryConflict	Kaaba ⓘ Mecca ⓘ
mentionedIn	Islamic historiography ⓘ
militaryForceUsed	elephant army ⓘ war elephants ⓘ
notableFor	Year of the Elephant campaign ⓘ association with Surah Al-Fil ⓘ attempt to destroy the Kaaba ⓘ being mentioned in Islamic tradition ⓘ expedition against Mecca ⓘ
opponent	Quraysh ⓘ surface form: Meccan Quraysh inhabitants of Mecca ⓘ
politicalAllegiance	Aksumite Empire ⓘ
positionHeld	ruler of Yemen ⓘ viceroy of Yemen ⓘ
regionRuled	Southern Arabia ⓘ surface form: South Arabia Yemen ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Christian ⓘ
religiousPolicy	promotion of Christianity in Yemen ⓘ
timePeriod	6th century ⓘ pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
title	viceroy of the Negus in Yemen ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surah Al-Fil → associatedFigure → Abraha ⓘ

The Elephant → mentionsFigure → Abraha ⓘ

Destruction of the Army of the Elephant → associatedWithPerson → Abraha ⓘ

Destruction of the Army of the Elephant → involvedCommander → Abraha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abraha al-Ashram