page_title: Migration to Abyssinia
hierarchical_section_title: Migration to Abyssinia
caption_attribution_description: English: Manuscript illustration by Rashi ad-Din's "World History", depicting the Negus of Abyssinia (traditionally attributed to the king of Aksum) declining the request of a Meccan delegation demanding from him to yield up the Muslims.
context_page_description: The Migration to Abyssinia, also known as the First Hegira, was an episode in the early history of Islam, where Prophet Muhammad's first followers fled from the persecution of the ruling Quraysh tribe of Mecca. They sought refuge in the Christian Kingdom of Aksum, present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea, in 9 BH or 7 BH. The Aksumite monarch who received them is known in Islamic sources as the Negus Ashama ibn Abjar. Modern historians have alternatively identified him with King Armah and Ella Tsaham. Some of the exiles returned to Mecca and made the hijra to Medina with Muhammad, while others remained in Abyssinia until they came to Medina in 628.
context_section_description: The Migration to Abyssinia (Arabic: الهجرة إلى الحبشة‎, al-hijra ʾilā al-habaša), also known as the First Hegira (Arabic: هِجْرَة‎ hijrah), was an episode in the early history of Islam, where Prophet Muhammad's first followers (the Sahabah) fled from the persecution of the ruling Quraysh tribe of Mecca. They sought refuge in the Christian Kingdom of Aksum, present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea (formerly referred to as Abyssinia, an ancient name whose origin is debated), in 9 BH (613 CE) or 7 BH (615 CE). The Aksumite monarch who received them is known in Islamic sources as the Negus (Arabic: نجاشي‎ najāšī) Ashama ibn Abjar. Modern historians have alternatively identified him with King Armah and Ella Tsaham. Some of the exiles returned to Mecca and made the hijra to Medina with Muhammad, while others remained in Abyssinia until they came to Medina in 628.
caption: 14th century illustration showing the king of Aksum declining a Meccan request to yield up the Muslims.
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