Yosṭos
Solomon Gebreyes
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Names
ዮስጦስ፡ Yosṭos ʾaṣe role: title ፀሐይ፡ ሰገድ፡ Ḍaḥay Sagad
Period of Activity
He was a Gondarine king from 1711 to 1716. Prior to being crowned, Yosṭos acted as a kingmaker. He was devoted to hunting, which he did every year of his reign. Blinding was a favoured punishment for his enemies. A revolt broke out in the court which he could not prevent. A number of notables were killed, and the son of ʾaṣe role: title ʾIyāsu the Great , Dāwit III , was bought from Wahni ʾAmbā↗ . Dāwit III was proclaimed king and ʾaṣe role: title Yosṭos pronounced dead.
Death
1716
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Names
- birth: ዮስጦስ፡ gez
- ʾaṣe role: title
- regnal: ፀሐይ፡ ሰገድ፡ gez
Dates
Period of activity: 1711–1716
Death: 1716
Occupation
Emperor
Subject of
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Kropp, M. 1981. ‘Zur »Kurzen Chronik« der äthiopischen Könige: Einleitung. 1. Die Geschichte des Königs Yosṭos’, Oriens Christianus, 65 (1981), 137–147.
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Basset, R. 1882. Études sur l’histoire d’Éthiopie, ed., tr. R. Basset, Extrait du Journal Asiatique (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1882).
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Crummey, D. 2014. ‘Yosṭos’, in A. Bausi and S. Uhlig, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, V (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2014), 97a–98b.
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Budge, E. A. W. 1966. A history of Ethiopia, Nubia & Abyssinia. According to the hieroglyphic inscriptions of Egypt and Nubia, and the Ethiopian chronicles (London; Oosterhout N.B.: Methuen [1928] Anthropological Publications, 1966).
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Kropp, M. 1981. ‘Zur »Kurzen Chronik« der äthiopischen Könige: Einleitung. 1. Die Geschichte des Königs Yosṭos’, Oriens Christianus, 65 (1981), 137–147. page 137-147
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻYosṭosʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-11-13) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS10473Yostos [Accessed: 2024-05-19]
Revisions of the data
- Solomon Gebreyes additions to bibliography on 13.11.2017
- Solomon Gebreyes Complete record on 25.11.2016
- 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