Masrūq ibn Abraha ( ar, مسروق بن أبرهة) was the

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ruler of

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under the

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, as recorded in Arabic and Islamic traditions. He succeeded his father,

Abraha Abraha ( Ge’ez: አብርሃ) (also spelled Abreha, died after CE 570;Stuart Munro-Hay (2003) "Abraha" in Siegbert Uhlig (ed.) ''Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: A-C''. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. r. 525–at least 553S. C. Munro-Hay (1991) ''Aksum ...

. In 570, he was killed in the Battle of Hadhramaut in the Yemeni campaign of Wahriz, reportedly by an arrow shot by Wahriz himself. There are contradictory reports for the year of his death.

References

* * C. E. Bosworth, “ABNĀʾ,” Encyclopædia Iranica, I/3, p. 226-228; an updated version is available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abna-term (accessed on 25 January 2014). * {{DEFAULTSORT:Masruq ibn Abraha Aksumite Empire Abyssinian–Persian wars Kings of Axum Deaths by arrow wounds 570 deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain