List of kings of Axum
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The kings of Axum ruled an important trading state in the area which is now Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, from 400 B.C–960 AD.[1]
Zenith of the Kingdom of Axum[edit]
Dates of Tenure | Name | Notes |
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c. 1st century | Zoskales | The often identification of Zoskales with Za Haqele is unlikely given that the earliest of these lists post date the Periplus by well over a thousand years[2] |
c. 200- | GDRT (vocalized by historians as "Gadarat") |
inscriptions mention his son BYGT (vocalized as "Beygat" or "Beyga") |
c. 230 – 240 | `DBH (vocalized as "`Azaba" or "`Adhebah") |
inscriptions mention his son GRMT (vocalized as "Girma") |
c. 240-260 | Sembrouthes | |
c. 260-270 | DTWNS (vocalized as "Datawnas") |
inscriptions mention his son ZQRNS (vocalized as "Zaqarnas") |
c. 270 – 300 | Endubis | |
310-315 | Aphilas | |
315-320 | Wazeba | |
320-328 | Ousanas | |
328-350 | Ezana | his mother Sofya of Axum was regent during his minority |
c. 350 | MHDYS (vocalized as "Mehadeyis") |
|
fl. late 4th century | Ouazebas | |
c. 400 | Eon | possibly the "Huina" from the Book of the Himyarites |
fl. 5th century | Ebana | |
fl. 5th century | Nezool | also called "Nezana" |
c. 500 | Ousas, also spelled "Ousana(s)" |
possibly Tazena, father of Kaleb |
c. early 6th century | Kaleb | tradition names his son Gebre Meskel |
c. early to mid 6th century | Gebre Meskel | |
c. mid 6th century | Alla Amidas | |
c. 550[3] | Israel | tradition also records an Israel, son of Kaleb |
fl. mid-6th century | Wazena | |
fl. mid-6th century | W`ZB vocalized as "Wa`zeb" |
possibly "Ella Gabaz", son of Kaleb |
c. 577 | Saifu | |
c. 580[3] | Gersem | |
c. 590[3] | Hataz | identified with "Iathlia" |
c. 600[3] | Ioel | |
c. 614 | Najashi | possibly identical with Sahama |
died c. 630 | Sahama | tradition also records an Ella Tsaham (Illa Ṣaḥām) |
Later kings[edit]
Name[4] | Notes | Dates (E. A. Wallis Budge)[4] |
Dates (Tafari Makannon/Charles Fernand Rey)[5] (Gregorian Dates)[nb 1] |
Dates (John Stewart)[7] |
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Kwastantinos | or Constantine[4] | All kings ruled between 600–900 | c. 544 – 572 | 564–578 |
Wasan Sagad | Bazagar?[4] | c. 572 – 587 | 578–591 | |
Fere Shanay | or Fere Shernay[4] | c. 587 – 610 | 591–601 | |
'Adre'az | or 'Adre'azar[4] | c. 610 – 630 | 601–623 | |
'Akla Wedem | or Eklewudem[4][7] | c. 630 – 638 | 623–633 | |
Germa Safar | c. 638 – 653 | 633–648 | ||
Zergaz | or Gergaz[4] | c. 653 – 663 | 648–656 | |
Degna Mikael | or Dengna Mika'el[4] | c. 663 – 689 | 656–677 | |
Bahr Ikela | c. 689 – 708 | 677–696 | ||
Gum | or Hezba Seyon[7] | c. 708 – 732 | 696–720 | |
'Asgwomgum | c. 732 – 737 | 720–725 | ||
Letem | c. 737 – 753 | 725–741 | ||
Talatem | c. 753 – 774 | 741–762 | ||
'Oda Gosh | or 'Oda Sasa[4]/ Adegos[7] | c. 774 – 787 | 762–775 | |
'Ayzur | who reigned half a day and was strangled to death[4] | c. 787 | 775 | |
Dedem | or Dedem Almaz[7] | c. 787 – 782 | 775–780 | |
Wededem | c. 782 – 802 | 780–790 | ||
Wedem 'Asfare | or Demawedem;[7] reigned 150 years according to some traditions.[4] | c. 802 – 832 | 790–820 | |
'Armah | or Rema Armah[7] | c. 832 – 837 | 820–825 | |
Degna Djan | or Ged'a Djan[4] | c. 837 – 856 | 825–845 | |
Ged'a Djan | Not listed as a separate king by Budge | c. 856 – 857 | 845–846 | |
Gudit (Queen) | Not included on Budge's list | c. 857 – 897 | 846–885 | |
'Anbasa Wedem | son of Degna Djan | All kings reigned from 600–900 | c. 897 – 917 | 885–905 |
Dil Na'od | son of Degna Djan | c. 917 – 960 | 905 – c. 950 |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ The dates included on Tafari Makannon's king list follow the Ethiopian calendar. According to Charles Fernand Rey, the Gregorian date equivalent would be 7 or 8 years ahead.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ S.C. Munro-Hay, Aksum (Edinburgh: University Press, 1991), pp. 67f
- ^ Hatke, George (2013-01-07). Aksum and Nubia: Warfare, Commerce, and Political Fictions in Ancient Northeast Africa. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-6066-6.
- ^ a b c d Lusini, Gianfrancesco (2005). "Philology and the Reconstruction of the Ethiopian Past". In Herausgegeben von Walter Raunig; Steffen Wenig (eds.). Afrikas Horn: Akten der Ersten Internationalen Littmann-Konferenz. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 97.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Budge, E. A. Wallis (1928). A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume 1). London: Methuen & Co. pp. 269–270.
- ^ C. F. Rey, In the Country of the Blue Nile (1927), Camelot Press, London, pg. 270-271
- ^ C. F. Rey, In the Country of the Blue Nile (1927), Camelot Press, London, pg. 263
- ^ a b c d e f g Stewart, John (2005). African States and Rulers. London: McFarland. p. 23. ISBN 0-7864-2562-8.