ʾƎleni
Solomon Gebreyes
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Names
እሌኒ፡ ʾƎleni አድማስ፡ ሞገሳ፡ ʾAdmās Mogasā nǝgǝśt role: title
Birth
1431
Period of Activity
She was given in marriage to King Zarʾa Yāʿqob in 1443 to confirm the vassalage of the Muslim state of Hadiyya and its ruler. She was an important female Ethiopian ruler of the early medieval period. She served four subsequent reigns and she was an acceptable figure in the court to be selected in1508 as a regent to young King Lǝbna Dǝngǝl
Death
She died during the reign of King Lǝbna Dǝngǝl
Author of
- Ḫoḫǝta bǝrhān attributed.The traditional attribution to ʾƎleni is considered unlikely by ‘Ḫoḫǝtä bǝrhan’, EAe, III (2007), 54b–55a (Habtemichael Kidane).
- ʿƎnzirā sǝbḥat attributed.Traditionally attributed to ʾƎleni. However, internal evidence suggests an author living between the 16th and 17th century.
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Names
- birth: እሌኒ፡ gez
- regnal: አድማስ፡ ሞገሳ፡ gez
- nǝgǝśt role: title
Dates
Birth: 1431
Period of activity: 1443–1522
Death: 1522
Occupation
queen
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Perruchon, J. 1893. Les Chroniques de Zârʾâ Yâʿeqôb et de Bʾaeda Mâryâm, rois d’Éthiopie de 1434 à 1478, Bibliothèque de l’École pratique des hautes études, Sciences philologiques et historiques, 93 (Paris: Émile Bouillon, Éditeur, 1893).
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Chernetsov, S. 2005. ‘Ǝleni’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 254a.
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Alessandro Bausi, Solomon Gebreyes, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Dorothea Reule, ʻʾƎleniʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 26.1.2022) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS3706eleni [Accessed: 2024-04-19+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added wikidata on 26.1.2022
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Complete record on 21.7.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Dorothea Reule, contributor