Ros Nabiyāt
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ሮስ፡ ነቢያት፡↗ normalized: Ros Nabiyāt↗ birth: ራስ፡ ባንየት፡↗ normalized: Rās Bānyāt↗ ʾazzāž , bāḥǝr Nagāš, bǝḥt waddad role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He was a prominent member of the ruling elite and nobility of the Ethiopian Empire on the eve of the Muslim invasion of ʾAḥmad↗ . He appears in the historiography of the sixteenth century with various titles. He is mentioned as ʾazzāž role: title ↗ and governor of Šabal↗ , a small region in Goǧǧām↗ , in 1510. He was appointed as bāḥǝr Nagāš role: title ↗ probably in 1524, holding that office for two years. He appears as the only bǝḥt waddad role: title ↗ in the 18th year of the reign of ʾaṣe role: title Lǝbna Dǝngǝl↗ , in 1526. During the Muslim war, Ros Nābiyāt (Rās Bānyāt) ↗ was the first commander of the strategic province of Dawāro↗ where he was defeated. He also led several battles to defend the Christian kingdom from Muslims attacks.
Death
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Names
- birth: ሮስ፡ ነቢያት፡ gez
- birth: ራስ፡ ባንየት፡ gez
- ʾazzāž , bāḥǝr Nagāš, bǝḥt waddad role: title
Dates
Period of activity: 1510–1526
Occupation
governor
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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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).
Secondary Bibliography
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Nosnitsin, D. 2010. ‘Ros Näbiyat’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 411a–411b.
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻRos Nabiyātʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-01-09) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS8212RosNabi [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Solomon Gebreyes Complete record on 9.1.2017
- 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