Aksum Empire (100 – 940 CE)By admin / January 25, 2025 Muḥammad Farīd Abū Ḥadīd (1893 – 1967, Egypt) – al-Wiʿāʾ al-Marmarī (‘The alabaster vessel’, 1951), tells the story of Sayf bin Dhī Yazan, a semi-legendary hero who fought against the Aksum invasion of Yemen in the 6th. Refrences: In order of appearance