Joel of Dotawo was a king of the Christian kingdom of Dotawo in Nubia. His rule is documented from the year 1484.[1]
Joel represents one of the last recorded kings of Christian Nubia. He is known from a graffiti in the Faras Cathedral, the inscription in the Church of Tamit, the letter from Jebel Adda (which is dated to 1484) and an inscription from a nearby church. This number of inscriptions and other references seems to be unusual, especially from times shortly before the Christian states in Nubia vanished. So Joel certainly seems to have had some significance; it is reported that he had at least one vassal: king Tienossi of Ilenat. His kingdom seems to have been conquered by the Mamluks under Qaitbay.
^Davies, Noel; Conway, Martin, eds. (2008). World Christianity in the 20th Century. Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-334-04043-9.
JoelofDotawo was a king of the Christian kingdom ofDotawo in Nubia. His rule is documented from the year 1484. Joel represents one of the last recorded...
Dotawo was a Christian kingdom in Lower Nubia (northern Sudan and southern Egypt) in the Middle Ages. It is attested in Old Nubian documents from the 12th...
Short Note on Queen Gaua: A New Last Known Ruler ofDotawo (r. around 1520-6)?', Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies (2023), doi:10.5070/D60060625. Makuria...
a text by Qasr Ibrim. A letter from Gebel Adda dated 1484 mentions JoelofDotawo as well as nobles and church leaders. From the 13th century the Mamluks...
Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies. 4. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Rilly, Claude (2019). "Languages of Ancient Nubia". Handbook of Ancient...
Makuria continued to exist as a rump state. The last known Makurian king was Joel, who is attested for the years 1463 and 1484 and under whom Makuria probably...
Israel". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) Savishinsky, Joel S.; Wimberley, Howard (1974). "The Living and the Dead: A Cross-Cultural...
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