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DBH robably vocalized Azaba or Adhebah(fl. 3rd century) was a king of
Aksum Axum, also spelled Aksum (), is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia with a population of 66,900 residents (as of 2015). It is the site of the historic capital of the Aksumite Empire. Axum is located in the Central Zone of the Tigray Regi ...
, in the territory of modern-day North
Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
and
Eritrea Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, south, Sudan in the west, and Dj ...
, who ruled c. 230–240. He and his son GRMT (possibly vocalized as "Girmai") are known through
South Arabia South Arabia (), or Greater Yemen, is a historical region that consists of the southern region of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia, mainly centered in what is now the Republic of Yemen, yet it has also historically included Najran, Jazan, ...
n inscriptions which mention Shamir, king of Dhu-Raydan and
Himyar Himyar was a polity in the southern highlands of Yemen, as well as the name of the region which it claimed. Until 110 BCE, it was integrated into the Qatabanian kingdom, afterwards being recognized as an independent kingdom. According to class ...
asking for his help against the Sabaean kings.Munro-Hay, S. C. (1991). ''Aksum: An African Civilization of Late Antiquity'', p. 73.
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: University Press.


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Kings of Axum 2nd-century births 3rd-century monarchs in Africa Year of birth unknown Place of birth unknown Year of death unknown Place of death unknown {{Ethiopia-royal-stub