Siege

Siege of Najran

523 – 525 · 17.49° N, 44.13° E

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When
523 – 525
Kind
Siege
Coordinates
17.49° N, 44.13° E
Description
523–525 siege

Siege of Najran (523–525)

Part of the Aksumite invasion of Himyar

The Siege of Najran was a siege during the invasion of the Himyarite kingdom in modern day Yemen by the Kingdom of Aksum in modern Ethiopia. It is one of the most famous cases of warfare in pre-Islamic Arabia.

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