akbah

Updated: August 20, 2026

The career, though not the zeal, of Akbah was checked by the prospect of a boundless ocean.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5

The prudence of Akbah had proposed to found an Arabian colony in the heart of Africa; a citadel that might curb the levity of the Barbarians, a place of refuge to secure, against the accidents of war, the wealth and the families of the Saracens. With this view, and under the modest title of the station of a caravan, he planted this colony in the fiftieth year of the Hegira.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5