Yekuno Amlak

  • Yekuno Amlak
  • ዓፄ ይኩኖ አምላክ
Contemporary painting of Yekuno Amlak in Genneta Maryam
Emperor of Ethiopia
Reign10 August 1270 – 19 June 1285
SuccessorYagbe'u Seyon[1]
Born1250s
Bete Amhara
Died19 June 1285
Ethiopian Empire
Regnal name
Tasfa Iyasus
DynastyHouse of Solomon
FatherTasfa Iyasus
ReligionEthiopian Orthodox Church

Yekuno Amlak (Ge’ez: ይኩኖ አምላክ Yəkkuno ˀAmlak); throne name Tesfa Iyasus (ተስፋ ኢየሱስ; died 19 June 1285) was Emperor of Ethiopia,[2] from 1270 to 1285, and the founder of the Solomonic dynasty, which lasted until 1974.[3] He was a ruler from Bete Amhara (in parts of modern-day Wollo and northern Shewa) who became the Emperor of Ethiopia following the defeat of the last Zagwe king.[4]

  1. ^ Stuart Munro-Hay (2002). Ethiopia: The Unknown Land. I.B. Tauris. p. 24.
  2. ^ In the Ethiopian calendar, 10 Sené and 16 Nehasé, respectively. A. K. Irvine, "Review: The Different Collections of Nägś Hymns in Ethiopic Literature and Their Contributions." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies, 1985.
  3. ^ Abir, Mordechai (2013). Ethiopia and the Red Sea: The Rise and Decline of the Solomonic Dynasty and Muslim European Rivalry in the Region. Taylor & Francis. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-136-28090-0.
  4. ^ Fessha, Yonathan Tesfaye (2016). Ethnic Diversity and Federalism: Constitution Making in South Africa and Ethiopia. Routledge. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-317-14098-6.

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