Jan Seyum

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Jan Seyum ( Amharic ጃን ሥዩም ) was Negus Negest ( Emperor ) of Ethiopia and a member of the Zagwe dynasty . According to Taddesse Tamrat, he was a son of Mara Takla Haymanot and a younger brother of Tatadim . He was the father of Yemrehana Krestos . His name does not appear in the king lists.

literature

  1. ^ Taddesse Tamrat: Church and State in Ethiopia . Clarendon Press (Oxford 1972), p. 56n.
predecessor Office successor
Tatadim Emperor of Ethiopia
959–999
Germa Seyum