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Ashaf al-Fil (army of the elephants) refers to Abraha b. Sabbah b. Ashram, the king of Yemen and his army who moved toward [[Mecca]] to destroy the Ka'ba.<ref>Ṭabrisī, ''Majmaʿ l-bayān'', vol. 10, p. 822; Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 20, p. 362.</ref> [[Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i]] quoted from [[Waqidi]] that Abraha was the grandfather of [[Najashi]], king of Yemen at the time of the [[Prophet (s)]]<ref>Ṭabāṭabāyī, ''al-Mīzān'', vol. 20, p. 362.</ref> and some considered Abraha, the minister of the king of Yemen, not the king himself.<ref>Majlisī, ''Mirʾāt al-ʿuqūl'', vol. 5, p. 240.</ref> After this event, that year became famous among Arabs as the [[Year of Elephant]] ('Am al-Fil)<ref>'Abduh, ''Risālat al-tawḥīd'', p. 97.</ref> and was considered as a of beginning point of Arab's calendar in the [[Age of Ignorance]].<ref>Khātamī, ''Farhang-i ʿilm-i kalām'', p. 156.</ref> The birth of [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] was shortly after this event.<ref>Bayhaqī, ''Dalāʾil al-nubuwwa'', vol. 1, p. 73.</ref>