Armah

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. 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.

Stuart Munro-Hay states that either Armah or Gersem were the last Axumite kings to issue coins. However, Wolfgang Hahn holds that Hataz was the latest king to coin currency, pointing to the low purity of silver in his coins. In any case, the typology and quality of metal in the silver issue confirms Armah ruled after Kaleb. Provided by Wikipedia
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