Na'akueto La'ab

Na'akueto La'ab ( Ethiop . ነዓኩቶ ለአብ) was Negus Negest ( Emperor ) of Ethiopia and a member of the Zagwe dynasty . According to Taddesse Tamrat , he was the son of Kedus Harbe .

Tradition tells of how Queen Maskal Kibra convinced her husband, King Lalibela , to cede in favor of Na'akueto La'ab. However, when the young king's soldiers confiscated a poor farmer's only cow for a banquet 18 months later, she persuaded Lalibela to return to the throne. Taddesse Tamrat suspects that the end of Lalibela's rule did not actually take place so peacefully. He argues that this tradition is supposed to obscure a short period in history when Na'akueto La'ab was the focal point for the discontented in the country and in which, despite strict guard, he managed to usurp the throne for a short time until eventually Yetbarak ascended his father's throne.

literature

^ Taddesse Tamrat: Church and state in Ethiopia. 1270-1527. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1972, p. 56, (Also: London, University, Dissertation, 1968).
^ Taddesse Tamrat: Church and state in Ethiopia. 1270-1527. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1972, p. 62 ff., (Also: London, University, Dissertation, 1968).

Web links

The Dictionary of Ethiopian Biography : Nä'akweto-Len-'ab (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Gebra Maskal Lalibela	Emperor of Ethiopia 1159–1207	Yetbarak

personal data
SURNAME	Na'akueto La'ab
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Negus Negest ( Emperor ) of Ethiopia
DATE OF BIRTH	12th Century
DATE OF DEATH	13th Century

[1] Taddesse Tamrat: Church and state in Ethiopia. 1270-1527. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1972, p. 56, (Also: London, University, Dissertation, 1968).

[2] Taddesse Tamrat: Church and state in Ethiopia. 1270-1527. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1972, p. 62 ff., (Also: London, University, Dissertation, 1968).