Sapanhi
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ሰፐንሂ፡↗ normalized: Sapanhi↗ alt: ሺፒኒሂ፡↗ normalized: Šipinihi↗ alt: ስሂፔናኦ↗ normalized: Shipenao↗
Period of Activity
He was an important mid-16th century king or governor of the prosperous pre Oromo↗ ʾƎnnāryā↗ state during the time of ʾaṣe role: title Galāwdewos↗ and ʾaṣe role: title Śarḍa Dǝngǝl↗ . He was an adherent of the traditional local religion and strong ally of the Christian emperors to fight against the Oromo↗ raids. He was succeeded by Laʾasonhi↗
Death
1570
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Names
- birth: ሰፐንሂ፡ gez
- alt: ሺፒኒሂ፡ gez
- alt: ስሂፔናኦ gez
Dates
Period of activity: 1530–1570
Death: 1570
Occupation
ruler
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Lange, W. J. 1982. History of the Southern Gonga (southwestern Ethiopia) (Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1982).
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Abbink, J. G. 2010. ‘Säpänhi’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 532b–533a.
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻSapanhiʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 17.1.2017) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS8516Sapanhi [Accessed: 2024-05-04+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Solomon Gebreyes Complete record on 17.1.2017
- 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