Takla Śǝllāse
Names
birth: ተክለ፡ ሥላሴ፡↗ normalized: Takla Śǝllāse↗ nick: ጢኖ፡↗ normalized: Ṭino (it is an Oromifa word which refers to a person of a small stature)↗ ʾazzāž, Ṣaḥāfe tǝʾǝzāz role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He joined to court of King Susǝnyos↗ in 1612 and he served in the royal court until 1628/29. He was an Oromo by origin. He was one of the main royal chroniclers of the king. He was also the counsellor and intimate friend of King Susǝnyos↗
Death
He died in 1638 probably at Fogarā↗ where he lived for some years after he was dismissed from the office.
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Names
- birth: ተክለ፡ ሥላሴ፡ gez
- nick: ጢኖ፡ gez
- ʾazzāž, Ṣaḥāfe tǝʾǝzāz role: title
Dates
Period of activity: 1612–1638
Death: 1638
Occupation
royal chronicler
Residence
He was in the court of King Susǝnyos↗ .
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Pereira, F. M. E., ed., 1892. Chronica de Susenyos, rei de Ethiopia, Tomo I: Texto ethiopico. Destinado à X sessão do Congresso Internacional dos Orientalistas, tr. F. M. E. Pereira, Sociedade de Geographia de Lisboa (Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1892).
Secondary Bibliography
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Toubkis, D. 2010. ‘Täklä Śǝllase’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 843b–844a.
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Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, Solomon Gebreyes, ʻTakla Śǝllāseʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 21.3.2017) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS9194Taklase [Accessed: 2024-04-23+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Solomon Gebreyes Correction on 21.3.2017
- Solomon Gebreyes Complete record on 4.8.2016
- 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
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor
Solomon Gebreyes, contributor