Amda Seyon I.

Amda Seyon I. ( Ethiop . ዐምደ ጽዮን, German "Pillar of Zion", nickname Gabra Masqal ገብረ መስቀል, German "Servant of the Cross") (* 1314 ; † 1344 ) was an Ethiopian emperor.

As regent, he consolidated the empire and expanded its borders. His reign also brought a consolidation of the Christian empire, so that the Ethiopian Church accepted him into the ranks of the saints (Senkessaries) , although at the beginning of his rule he was at odds with the clergy . During his reign there was also a cultural boom, especially in Ethiopian literature.

literature

• J. Perruchon: "Histoire des guerres d'ʿAmda-Ṣyon, roi d'Ethiopie." In: Journal Asiatique 8. sér. 14 (1889), pp. 271-363, 381-493.
• A. Dillmann: "The war acts of the King ʿAmda- Ṣion against the Muslim." In: Session reports of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin 43 (1884), pp. 1007-1038 (more of a paraphrase).
• GWB Huntingford: The Glorious Victories of ʿĀmda Ṣeyon king of Ethiopia . Oxford 1965 (discussed very critically by E. Ullendorff in BSOAS 29 (1966), pp. 600-611).
• P. Marrassini: Lo scettro e la croce. La campagna di ʿAmda Ṣeyon I contro L'Ifat (1332) . Napoli 1993 (Studi africanistica. Etiopica series 4).
• M. Kropp: The victorious campaign of King ʿĀmda-Ṣəyon against the Muslims in Adal in 1332 AD . Louvain 1994 (CSCO 538-539 / Scr. Aeth. 99-100).
• Wilhelm Baum:  Amda Seyon I .. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 15, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-077-8 , Sp. 16-18.

predecessor	Office	successor
Wedem Arad	Emperor of Ethiopia 1314–1344	Newaya Krestos