Gāʿǝwā
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
ጋዕዋ፡ Gāʿǝwā
Period of Activity
She was a 16th century female ruler in northern Ethiopia, who was also most often referred to as a queen of Mazagā↗ .
Death
1559
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Names
- birth: ጋዕዋ፡ gez
Dates
Period of activity: 1542–1559
Death: 1559
Occupation
queen
Faith
Islam
Nationality
Ethiopia
Editions Bibliography Secondary Bibliography
Editions Bibliography
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Conzelman, W. El., ed., 1895. Chronique de Galâwdêwos (Claudius) roi d’Éthiopie, Bibliothèque de l’École pratique des hautes études, Sciences philologiques et historiques, 104 (Paris: Librairie Émile Bouillon, Éditeur, 1895).
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Solomon Gebreyes Beyene 2016. Chronicle of King Gälawdewos (1540-1559): Critical Edition and Annotated Translation PhD Dissertation, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg (2016).
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Conti Rossini, C. 1918. ‘L’autobiografia di Pawlos, monaco abissino del secolo XVI’, Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Rendiconti, Classe di scienze morale, storiche e filologiche, Serie quinta, 27 (1918), 279–296.
Secondary Bibliography
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Nosnitsin, D. 2005. ‘Gaʿǝwa’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 646b–647a.
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Solomon Gebreyes, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻGāʿǝwāʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2.8.2016) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS4406Gaewa [Accessed: 2024-05-03+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Solomon Gebreyes Complete record on 2.8.2016
- 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
Solomon Gebreyes, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor