Contemporary portrait of Yekuno Amlak from the Genneta Maryam church, Lalibela[1]
Emperor of Ethiopia
Reign
10 August 1270 – 19 June 1285
Successor
Yagbe'u Seyon[2]
Born
1250s Bete Amhara
Died
19 June 1285 Ethiopian Empire
Regnal name
Tasfa Iyasus
Dynasty
House of Solomon
Father
Tasfa Iyasus
Religion
Ethiopian Orthodox Church
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Yekuno Amlak (Ge’ez: ይኩኖ አምላክ); throne name Tesfa Iyasus (ተስፋ ኢየሱስ; died 19 June 1285) was Emperor of Ethiopia,[3] from 1270 to 1285, and the founder of the Solomonic dynasty, which lasted until 1974.[4] He was a ruler from Bete Amhara (in parts of modern-day Wollo and northern Shewa) who became the Emperor of Ethiopia following the defeat of the last Zagwe king.[5]
^Gates, Henry Louis; Akyeampong, Emmanuel; Niven, Steven J. (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. Vol. 6. Oxford University Press. pp. 204–205. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
^Stuart Munro-Hay (2002). Ethiopia: The Unknown Land. I.B. Tauris. p. 24.
^In the Ethiopian calendar, 10 Sené and 16 Nehasé, respectively. A. K. Irvine, "Review: The Different Collections of Nägś Hymns in Ethiopic Literature and Their Contributions." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies, 1985.
^Abir, Mordechai (2013). Ethiopia and the Red Sea: The Rise and Decline of the Solomonic Dynasty and Muslim European Rivalry in the Region. Taylor & Francis. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-136-28090-0.
^Fessha, Yonathan Tesfaye (2016). Ethnic Diversity and Federalism: Constitution Making in South Africa and Ethiopia. Routledge. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-317-14098-6.
question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Ethiopic characters. YekunoAmlak (Ge’ez: ይኩኖ አምላክ); throne name Tesfa Iyasus (ተስፋ ኢየሱስ; died 19 June 1285)...
from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. The dynasty was founded by YekunoAmlak, who overthrew the Zagwe dynasty in 1270. His successors claimed he was...
Ethiopia and Eritrea from the establishment of the Solomonic dynasty by YekunoAmlak approximately in 1270 until the 1974 coup d'etat by the Derg, which dethroned...
However, there is no historical evidence supporting the legends or YekunoAmlak's ancestry. There is no credible basis to the claims that the Aksumite...
Solomonic dynasty, YekunoAmlak was heavily assisted by Muslim Sultanate of Showa in his struggle against the Zagwe dynasty. YekunoAmlak paid back this favor...
dynasty was restored, based on the traditional narrative, in 1262 AD, when YekunoAmlak, who claimed descent from biblical Solomon and Sheba, overthrew the last...
from Aksum in the north to the Zagwe region of Lasta further inland. YekunoAmlak, a prince from Bete Amhara (lit: House of Amhara) claimed descent from...
history. It was the center of the Solomonic Dynasty established by Emperor YekunoAmlak around Lake Hayq in 1270. Bete Amhara was bounded on the west by the...
from the beginning of establishment of Solomonic dynasty by Emperor YekunoAmlak in 1270 to fall of monarchy on 21 March 1975 under Haile Selassie. 1270...
founding of the Ethiopian Empire and the Solomonic dynasty in 1270 by YekunoAmlak, until the Ethiopian Revolution of 1974 when the last emperor was deposed...
However, surviving information on the kings prior to the reign of emperor YekunoAmlak (1270–1285) is often scattered, incomplete or contradictory. The king...
ruled the north-central parts of Ethiopia until being overthrown by YekunoAmlak in 1270, inaugurating the Ethiopian Empire and the Solomonic dynasty...
King Za-Ilmaknun was killed in battle by the forces of the Amhara King YekunoAmlak. The Zagwe are most famous for their king Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, who...
Shewa. With the rise of the Solomonic Dynasty in 1270 under Emperor YekunoAmlak (born in the Maqdalla region) and until the establishment of Gondar as...
hagiographical tradition" as Za-Ilmaknun, the king of the Zagwe dynasty whom YekunoAmlak killed and succeeded after the Battle of Ansata. He notes that Za-Ilmaknun...
territories. The Muslim state Showa and the new Christian state under YekunoAmlak formed an alliance to counter the influence of Damot in the region. The...
with the Nora site in eastern Shewa being the most notable among them. YekunoAmlak based his uprising against the Zagwe dynasty from an enclave in Shewa...
its independence since the Solomonic restoration under YekunoAmlak in 1270. During YekunoAmlak's time, the governor of Enderta was Ingida Igzi', who was...
fled to Shewa and reigned there for 330 years before the accession of YekunoAmlak. A line of kings ruled at Shewa during the time of the Zagwe dynasty...
in large part due to the work of Saint Iyasus Mo'a and later Emperor YekunoAmlak. The monastery is responsible for producing five people, known as "Lights"...
"Southern or Northern Semites" before the reign of YekunoAmlak. However, native Ethiopian rule before YekunoAmlak is evidenced by the kingdoms of D'mt (c. 980–400...
used this style, until the restoration of the Solomonic dynasty under YekunoAmlak, rulers of Ethiopia generally used the style of Negus, although "King...
as 700 BC.[citation needed] After the Solomonic restoration of Atse YekunoAmlak, the resurgent emperors began to organize their armies in a similar manners...
The Zagwe dynasty emerged and ruled until 1270, when Amhara-Shewan YekunoAmlak revolted against the last king, Yetbarak, commencing the Solomonic dynasty-led...
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