Kǝflo
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ክፍሎ፡↗ normalized: Kǝflo↗ baʿal darabā, blātten getā, wambar, kantibā role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He was a courtier and one of the most important political figures, who served three successive Solomonic emperors including ʾaṣe role: title Yāʿqob↗ , ʾaṣe role: title Zadǝngǝl↗ and ʾaṣe role: title Susǝnyos↗ . He was from humble origin and succeeded to achieve different positions in the royal court throughout his carrier. Kǝflo↗ was the most favourite courtier for ʾaṣe role: title Susǝnyos↗ but later he plotted repeatedly against him. The king pardoned Kǝflo↗ several times. Finally, however, he was sentenced to death and beheaded in the court.
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Names
- birth: ክፍሎ፡ gez
- baʿal darabā, blātten getā, wambar, kantibā role: title
Dates
Period of activity: 1597–1617
Death: 1617
Occupation
courtier
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Editions Bibliography Secondary Bibliography
Editions Bibliography
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Pereira, F. M. E., ed., 1892. Chronica de Susenyos, Rei de Ethiopia. Texto ethiopico., tr. F. M. E. Pereira, I, Sociedade de Geographia de Lisboa (Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1892).
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Pereira, F. M. E., ed., 1900. Chronica de Susenyos, Rei de Ethiopia. Traducção e notas., tr. F. M. E. Pereira, II, Sociedade de Geographia de Lisboa (Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1900).
Secondary Bibliography
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Nosnitsin, D. 2007. ‘Kǝflo’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 375b–376b.
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻKǝfloʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 4.1.2017) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS5929Keflo [Accessed: 2024-04-23+02:00]
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- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: complete record on 4.1.2017
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: batch updated according to requirements and issues. on 28.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: CREATED: person on 9.2.2016
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor