Abraha - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Abraha - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Rubin, Uri

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1059795
Doc. NO	:	ALei192
Main Entry	:	Rubin, Uri
Title & Author	:	Abraha - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Rubin, Uri
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(3,005 words)
Abstract	:	Abraha was a Christian king of South Arabia in the middle of the sixth century C.E. According to Muslim sources, he attacked Mecca with the “People of the Elephant” in about 570 C.E. The name “Abraha” is said in Muslim sources to be of Abyssinian origin, meaning “bright face” ( wajh abyaḍ ; see Ibn Hishām, al-Tījān , 136; Ibn Saʿīd, 1:119). Islamic reports often add to Abraha's name the nickname al-Ashram (“Split-Nose”). The tip of his nose is said to have been cut off during
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei192.pdf