Giyorgis Walda ʾAmid
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወልደ፡ አሚድ፡ Giyorgis Walda ʾAmid ጊርጊስ፡ አልመኪን፡ Ǧirǧis al-Makīn جرجس المكين ابن العميد Ǧirǧis al-Makīn ibn al-ʿAmīd
Birth
He was born in 1206 at Cairo↗ .
Period of Activity
He was a Christian Arab historian whose work was translated and incorporated into Ethiopian tradition. He wrote his Tārīḫ in between 1262-1268, which was translated twice during the reign of ʾaṣe role: title Zarʾa Yāʿqob and ʾaṣe role: title Lǝbna Dǝngǝl as ታሪከ፡ ወልደ፡ አሚድ.
Death
He died either in 1273 or in 1293 CE.
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Names
- birth: ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወልደ፡ አሚድ፡ gez
- alt: ጊርጊስ፡ አልመኪን፡ gez
- alt: جرجس المكين ابن العميد ar
Dates
Birth: 1206
Period of activity: 1206–1293
Death: 1273–1293
Occupation
Served in the military administration and was a member of the Dīwān al-ǧayš of various Ayyubid and Mamluk sultans
historian
Faith
Coptic
Nationality
Egypt
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Pietruschka, U. 2005. ‘Giyorgis Wäldä ʿAmid’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 812b–814a.
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Diez, M. 2024. Al-Makīn Ǧirǧis Ibn al-ʿAmīd: Universal history - The Vulgate recension, part 1, section 1, 6,1, Arabic Christianity, Texts and Studies (Leiden - Boston: Brill, 2024).1-39
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Hoffmann, C. 2023. Das geographische Traktat in der Weltgeschichte des Wäldä Amid: Text, Übersetzung und Kommentar, Marburg: Philipps-Universität Marburg (2023).1-11
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- Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. e. 15 The description of the manuscript also contains the following dates 1930 in a provenance element, 1951 in a bibl element, middle of the 17th century in a note element, - in a handNote element, - in a item element, (ethiopian) in a desc element, (ethiopian) in a desc element.
- ʾAddis ʾAbabā, Capuchin Center for Research and Retreat, Capuchin Theological Institute 38
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, Dorothea Reule, Carsten Hoffmann, ʻGiyorgis Walda ʾAmidʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2.9.2024) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS4711Giyorgis [Accessed: 2024-04-26+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Carsten Hoffmann Updated titles and dates on 2.9.2024
- Dorothea Reule Added Arabic name on 11.10.2017
- Solomon Gebreyes addition on 13.2.2017
- Solomon Gebreyes Complete record on 1.9.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo batch updated according to requirements and issues. on 28.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski CREATED: person on 9.2.2016
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Solomon Gebreyes, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor
Dorothea Reule, contributor
Carsten Hoffmann, contributor