Armah
King of Aksum / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Armah (late 6th/early 7th century AD) was a king of the Aksum. He is primarily known through the coins that were minted during his reign.[1] While some scholars have suggested as long ago as 1895 that he was identical to Najashi, the king of Axum who gave shelter to Muslim emigrants around 615-6, more recently Wolfgang Hahn has suggested Armah might have been the name of one of the sons of Kaleb, Alla Amidas.[2]
Munro-Hay states that either Armah or Gersem were the last Axumite kings to issue coins.[3] However, Wolfgang Hahn holds that Hataz was the latest king to coin currency, pointing to the low purity of silver in his coins.[4] In any case, the typology and quality of metal in the silver issue confirms Armah ruled after Kaleb.[5]