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Kubar also known as Ku’bar or Kuber is the name of the last capital of the Kingdom of Aksum and the residence of the Ethiopian ruler mentioned in several medieval Arabic sources.HistoryIt is first mentioned by the 10th century geographer al-Ya’qubi (fl. 872 A.D.), who gives the following short but valuable description;“It is a spacious, important country. The capital of the kingdomis Kubar. The Arabs still go to it for trading and they (theEthiopians) have mighty cities, and their coast is Dahlak. As to the kings in the land of al-Habashathey are under the control of the great king (the Najashi) to whom theyshow obedience and pay taxes. The Najashi is of the Jacobite Christianfaith.”[1]The historian al-Masudi refers to Kubar in his The Meadows of Gold, describing it as a “great city” and the “residence of the Najashi”. In a similar context, in his Akhbar al-zaman,the same al-Masudi calls the Ethiopian capital “Kufar” or “Kafer”. Inthe Arabic works of the 13th and 14th century, Kubar is still mentionedas being the capital of Ethiopia. Arab historian Ibn Khaldun refers to it in his Kitab al-ibar.[1] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.samael.ink/subscribe