Malkǝʾa Krǝstos
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: መልክአ፡ ክርስቶስ፡↗ normalized: Malkǝʾa Krǝstos↗ ʾabetohun role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He was a prominent 17th century nobleman and high ranking officer of ʾaṣe role: title Susǝnyos↗ . He was the husband of ʾƎmmat role: title Walatta Ṗeṭros↗ from whom he had three children. He was very loyal to ʾaṣe role: title Susǝnyos↗ despite the king's inclination to Catholicism. He was involved in many anti-Catholic rebels assisting the king but in the final years of ʾaṣe role: title Susǝnyos↗ , Malkǝʾa Krǝstos↗ was in tension with the king and in 1632 he avoided campaigning against the rebels. Finally, he was arrested, accused of treason and sentenced to death which was substituted by exile.
Death
He died in the second year of ʾaṣe role: title Fāsiladas↗ .
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Names
- birth: መልክአ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ gez
- ʾabetohun role: title
Dates
Death: 1633
Occupation
officer
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. ‘Mälkǝʾa Krǝstos’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 706a–707a.
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻMalkǝʾa Krǝstosʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 3.11.2016) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS6609Malkea [Accessed: 2024-04-20+02:00]
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- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Complete record on 3.11.2016
- 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
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