Najashi

Nagasi
Negus
1314 manuscript illustration by Rashid ad-Din.
King of Aksum
Reign614–630
PredecessorGersem
Successor'Akla Wedem (unsure)
BornAs-hama
Around 560 C.E.
Kingdom of Aksum
Died630(630-00-00) (aged 69–70)
Negash, Kingdom of Aksum
(present-day Ethiopia)
FatherAbjar (possibly Gersem)
ReligionChristianity, later Islam
OccupationKing of Aksum

The Najashi (Arabic: ٱلنَّجَاشِيّ, romanized: al-Najāshī) was the Arabic term for the ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum (Ge'ez: ንጉስ, romanized: Aṣḥama, lit.'sovereign') who reigned from 614 to 630. It is agreed by Muslim scholars that Najashi gave shelter to early Muslim refugees from Mecca, around 615–616 at Aksum.