Raphael (, or ; ) was a king of the Nubian kingdom of Makuria.
Life Contemporary writers, such as Abu al-Makarim in a work attributed to Abu Salih the Armenian, record that he constructed a palace with several domes built of red brick in Makuria's capital city Dongola around 1002, which excavations have yet to identify.P.L. Shinnie, Ancient Nubia (London: Kegan Paul, 1996), pp. 129; B.T.A. Evetts (translator), The Churches and Monasteries of Egypt and Some Neighbouring Countries attributed to Abu Salih, the Armenian, with added notes by Alfred J. Butler (Oxford, 1895), p. 265.
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