Names
ዐምደ፡ ጽዮን፡ ʿAmda Ṣǝyon I Pillar of Zion ʾaṣe role: title ገብረ፡ መስቀል፡ Gabra Masqal Servant of the Cross ዓምደ፡ ጽዮን፡ ʿĀmda Ṣǝyon
Period of Activity
He succeeded his father King Wǝdǝm Raʿad in 1314. He led several military campaigns to expand the territory of the Christian kingdom but his largest campaign to Ifat↗ in 1332 is well recorded in his chronicle. He was succeeded by Sayfa ʾArʿad in 1344.
Death
1344 (internal)
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Names
- birth: ዐምደ፡ ጽዮን፡ gez
- ʾaṣe role: title
- regnal: ገብረ፡ መስቀል፡ gez
- birth: ዓምደ፡ ጽዮን፡ gez
Dates
Period of activity: 1314–1344
Death: 1344
Occupation
Emperor
- Predecessor:
- Wǝdǝm Raʿad.
- Successor:
- Sayfa ʾArʿad.
Subject of
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Kropp, M. 1994. Der siegreiche Feldzug des Königs ʿĀmda-Ṣeyon gegen die Muslime in Adal im Jahre 1332 n. Chr., I: Textus; II: Versio, ed. M. Kropp, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 538, 539, Scriptores Aethiopici, 99, 100 (Louvain: Peeters, 1994).
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Marrassini, P. 1993. Lo scettro e la croce: La campagna di ʿAmda Ṣeyon I contro l’Ifāt (1332), ed., tr. P. Marrassini, Studi Africanistici, Serie Etiopica, 4 (Napoli: Istituto Universitario Orientale, Dipartimento di Studi e Ricerche su Africa e Paesi Arabi, 1993).
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Huntingford, G. W. B. 1965. The Glorious Victories of ʿĀmda Ṣeyon King of Ethiopia, tr. G. W. B. Huntingford, The Oxford Library of African Literature (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965).
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Mantel-Niećko, J. and D. Nosnitsin 2003. ‘ʿAmdä Ṣǝyon I’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, I (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003), 227a–229b.
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- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: name corrected on 2.8.2018
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- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
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