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	Yekuno Amlak of Ethiopia - Biocrawler
		According to tradition, Yekuno Amlak was imprisoned by the Zagwe king Za-Ilmaknun ("the unknown, the hidden one") in Malot, but managed to escape.
		Yekuno Amlak campaigned against the Kingdom of Damot, which lay south of the Abbay River.
		Taddesse Tamrat interprets Yekuno Amlak son's allusion to Syrian priests at the royal court as a result of this lack of attention from the Patriarch.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Yekuno_Amlak (423 words)

	Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Yekuno Amlak of Ethiopia"
		Yekuno Amlak was educated at Lake Hayq's Istifanos Monastery near Amba Sel, where some traditions state Saint Tekle Haymanot raised and educated him, and helped him to depose the last Zagwe king.
		Yekuno Amlak is also said to have campaigned against the Kingdom of Damot, which lay south of the Abbay River.
		Taddesse Tamrat interprets Yekuno Amlak's son's allusion to Syrian priests at the royal court as a result of this lack of attention from the Patriarch.
	www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=yekuno_%41mlak_of_%45thiopia (624 words)

	Yekuno Amlak of Ethiopia Summary
		Yekuno Amlak was succeeded by Yagbea Sion, who ruled from about 1283 or 1285 to 1294; and his grandson, Amda Sion (reigned 1314-1344), who finally consolidated the empire and began a period of major expansion.
		Emperor Yekuno Amlak (throne name Tasfa Iyasus) was nəgusä nägäst (1270 - 1285) of Ethiopia and founder (or some say restorer) of the Solomonid dynasty.
		Yekunu Amlak was educated at Lake Hayq's Istifanos Monastry near Amba Sel, where some traditions state Saint Takla Haymanot raised and educated him, and helped him to depose the last Zagwe king.
	www.bookrags.com /Yekuno_Amlak_of_Ethiopia (950 words)

	Informat.io on Yekuno Amlak Of Ethiopia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Yekunu Amlak was educated at Lake Hayq's Istifanos Monastry near Amba Sel, where some traditions state Saint Takla Haymanot raised and educated him, and helped him to depose the last Zagwe king.
		Yekuno Amlak is also said to have campaigned against the Kingdom of Damot, which lay south of the Abbay River.
		Taddesse Tamrat interprets Yekuno Amlak's son's allusion to Syrian priests at the royal court as a result of this lack of attention from the Patriarch.
	www.informat.io /?title=yekuno-amlak-of-ethiopia (633 words)

	Tigrean Members & Supporters
		Yekuno Amlak is supposed to be the 9th descendant of Del Ne'ad the Tigrean.
		If Yekuno Amlak was indeed the descendant of the last Aksumite Emperor, and as such a Tigrean, then all those emperors who succeeded him and reigned in Gonder and Shoa including Fasiledes, Menelik and Haile Selassie, were all of Tigrean and not of Amhara descent.
		Since Yekuno Amlak was born among the Amhara, even assuming that he was not an Amhara, there is no doubt that he spoke Amharic as his mother-tongue.
	www.ethiopic.com /Fikre1er.htm (8109 words)

	Porfolio
		Yekuno Amlak's grandson, Amda Siyon (reigned 1313-44), distinguished himself by a last establishing firm control over all of the Christian districts of the kingdom and by expanding into the neighboring regions of Shewa, Gojam, and Damot and into Agew districts in the Lake Tana area.
		Marked by constant conflict and struggle, the Solomonic dynasty was a line of the sons and grandsons of Yekuno Amlak.
		Reigning through 1313-44, Amda Siyon, Amlak’s grandson, distinguished himself by establishing control of all the Christian districts of the kingdom and expanding into the neighboring regions of Shewa, Gojam, and Damot and into Agew districts.
	www.unc.edu /~ceegee/pap2.html (3602 words)

	Yekuno Amlak of Ethiopia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Emperor Yekuno Amlak (throne name Tasfa Iyasus) was nəgusä nägäst (1270 - 1285) of Ethiopia and founder (or some say restorer) of the Solomonic dynasty.
		Yekuno Amlak was educated at Lake Hayq's Istifanos Monastery near Amba Sel, where some traditions state Saint Tekle Haymanot raised and educated him, and helped him to depose the last Zagwe king.
		One of the moves in this dispute was Patriarch Ignatius III David's appointment of an Ethiopian pilgrim as Abuna.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yekuno_Amlak_of_Ethiopia (655 words)

	Emperor of Ethiopia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Its use, from at least the reign of Yekuno Amlak onward, meant that both subordinate officials and tributary rulers received the title of nəgus or "king".
		The Emperors of Ethiopia derived their right to rule based on two claims: their descent from the kings of Axum, and their descent from Menelik I, the son of Solomon and Makeda, Queen of Sheba.
		The claim to their relationship to the Kings of Axum derives from Yakuno Amlak's claim that he was the descendant of Dil Na'od, through his father, although he defeated and killed the last Zagwe king in battle.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Emperor_of_Ethiopia (1205 words)

	ETHIOPIA
		-1270 A.D. Yekuno Amlak founds the Solomonic Dynasty claiming descent from the ancient rulers of Axum and the King of Israel.
		Yekuno Amlak (1270-1285) re-instated the Solomonic dynasty after the Zagwe.
		Amlak's successors' aligned themselves with the Church to fight the Islamic threat to the kingdom.
	www.internetpuppets.org /afrethiopia.html (1270 words)

	A Historical Explanation as to Why Members & Supporters of the TPLF are Ethnocentric
		Yekuno Amlak is supposed to be the 9th descendant of Del Ne'ad the Tigrean.
		If Yekuno Amlak was indeed the descendant of the last Aksumite Emperor, and as such a Tigrean, then all those emperors who succeeded him and reigned in Gonder and Shoa including Fasiledes, Menelik and Haile Selassie, were all of Tigrean and not of Amhara descent.
		Since Yekuno Amlak was born among the Amhara, even assuming that he was not an Amhara, there is no doubt that he spoke Amharic as his mother-tongue.
	www.fettan.com /Documents/TPLFEthnocentricity.htm (7644 words)

	Amlak Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The new dynasty that Yekuno Amlak founded came to be known as the...
		Amlak Finance was established by EMAAR Properties in the year 2000 as a private joint stock company...
		AMLAK Finance is entering into property sales and management with the launch of an undisclosed...
	www.all4dubai.com /dubai-properties/amlak-.shtml (917 words)

	Ethiopian History
		Despite the Zagwe's championing of Christianity and their artistic achievements notwithstanding, there was discontent among the populace in what is now Eritrea and Tigray and among the Amhara, an increasingly powerful people who inhabited a region called Amhara to the south of the Zagwe center at Adefa.
		The new dynasty that Yekuno Amlak founded came to be known as the "Solomonic" Dynasty because its scions claimed descent not only from Axum but also from king Solomon of ancient Israel.
		Yekuno Amlak’s accession, thus, came to be seen as the legitimate “restoration” of the Solomonic line.
	www.ethemb.se /ee_eth_hist.html (2299 words)

	Ethiopia - The "Restoration" of the "Solomonic" Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The new dynasty that Yekuno Amlak founded came to be known as the "Solomonic" dynasty because its scions claimed descent not only from Aksum but also from King Solomon of ancient Israel.
		Yekuno Amlak's accession thus came to be seen as the legitimate "restoration" of the Solomonic line, even though the Amhara king's northern ancestry was at best uncertain.
		Under Yekuno Amlak, Amhara became the geographical and political center of the Christian kingdom.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-4376.html (460 words)

	Amhara or Amharic Speaking Others
		Some suggest that Amharic was born as a language around 1270 A. in Shawa with the rise of Yekuno Amlak who is reported to have claimed lineage from the Solomonic Dynasty.
		What we know is the reported claim, although never proven, by Yekuno Amlak of his lineage from the Solomonic Dynasty and the absence of a parallel claim for the subject people.
		The second one was made by Yekuno Amlak in 1270 A.D. around which time Amharic that has also been claimed to be Jesus’ mother tongue, although less frequently, may have been born as a language.
	www.voicefinfinne.org /English/Column/Amharic_Speaking_Others.htm (2807 words)

	Yekuno Amlak
		Yekuno Amlak is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		The kingdom started to decline in the 7th century AD, and the population was forced to go farther inland to the highlands, finally falling to the Zagwe dynasty in the twelfth century; but Yekuno Amlak, who...
		Yekuno Amlak: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - The Period of the Princes
	www.experiencefestival.com /yekuno_amlak/page/3 (1095 words)

	Pondering the Cost of the Clash of Cultures
		Therefore, we would be left with wondering if Yekuno Amlak’s claim was or was not for a family’s monarchical ambition to rule the subject peoples.
		According to some accounts, it was during Yekuno Amlak’s time that the Amharic language was developed, which, if proven right, interestingly puts Professor Mesfin Weldemariam’s thesis that historically there were no people called Amhara.
		Then, is there any possibility that Yekuno Amlak may have wished not only descent from the king of the chosen people, but also to speak the mother tongue of the prophet that rose from among the chosen people?
	www.voicefinfinne.org /English/Column/Black_Faces_Not_Burnt.htm (1813 words)

	The Voice of Amlak Editor's Page-The Voice of Amlak is published by the Emperor Yekuno Amlak Local No. 16 of the ...
		The Voice of Amlak Editor's Page-The Voice of Amlak is published by the Emperor Yekuno Amlak Local No. 16 of the Ethiopian World Federation Incorporated.
		Emperor Yekuno Amlak ruled as Emperor of Ethiopia from 1270 -- 1285.
		He was the founder or "restorer," of the Solomonic dynasty (whose members were, and are, descendants from the love union of the Wise One, King Solomon of the nation Israel, and the Virgin Queen Makeda of Ethiopia, called Kush at that time).
	home.earthlink.net /~amlak/EditorsPage.html (403 words)

	Ethiopia
		The royal prison was one solution to a problem that would plague the Solomonic line throughout its history: the conflict over succession among those who had any claim to royal lineage.
		Yekuno Amlak's grandson, Amda Siyon (reigned 1313-44), distinguished himself by at last establishing firm control over all of the Christian districts of the kingdom and by expanding into the neighboring regions of Shewa, Gojam, and Damot and into Agew districts in the Lake Tana area.
		He also devoted much attention to campaigns against Muslim states to the east and southeast of Amhara, such as Ifat, which still posed a powerful threat to the kingdom, and against Hadya, a Sidama state southwest of Shewa.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/Ethiopia.html (4742 words)

	Ethiopia - A Diamond in the Rough
		Despite the devotion of Lalibela, the Zagwes' were not of the Solomonic line and were seen by puritans as usurpers.
		When Yekuno Amlak rose to office in 1268 after deposing the Zagwe kings, he declared himself a lineal descendant of King Menelik I -son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, and thus re-established the Solomon dynasty.
		Of particular interest, is Dek Stephanos, which has a treasury of priceless religious icons, and is the burial place of several medieval emperors, including Yekuno Amlak and Fasilidas.
	www.africapoint.com /newsletters/ethiopia-travel/ethiopia.htm (2023 words)

	Famous Biography of Yekuno Amlak \| Essays on Yekuno Amlak
		However, the main conflicts came much later.Yekuno Amlak was succeeded by Yagbea Sion, who ruled from about 1283 or 1285 to 1294; and his grandson, Amda Sion (reigned 1314-1344), who finally consolidated the empire and began a period of major expansion.
		Further Reading Since nothing has been written specifically on the life of Yekuno Amlak, students must rely on general histories for information.
		A rare but important traveler's account is the source of much of what modern historians have written on Yekuno: James Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile (5 vols., 1790); volume 1 contains a discussion of Ethiopian history based on what were then contemporary traditions.
	www.researchaid.com /biographies/Yekuno_Amlak-34925.html (261 words)

	Let's Look Across the Red Sea: IV
		Diplomatic contacts across the Red Sea came to the fore shortly after the establishment of the new Shawa-based Ethiopian “Solomonic” dynasty in 1270.
		Emperor Yekuno Amlak, the founder of this dynasty, was concerned that his country had been without an Abun, or Metropolitan, since 1250.
		He accordingly wrote to Al-Malik al-Muzeffar, the Hamdanid sultan of Yemen, requesting the latter’s help in approaching Sultan Rukn ad-Din Baybars of Egypt, with a view to obtaining a new Coptic bishop.
	www.addistribune.com /Archives/2003/02/07-02-02/Let.htm (1338 words)

	Imperial Ethiopia - Medieval History
		A number of fortresses were also erected during this era.
		King Yekuno Amlak ascended the throne in 1270.
		The Kebre Negest (The Glory of the Kings), one of Ethiopia's most important histories, describes his line's Solomonic descent.
	www.imperialethiopia.org /history2.htm (516 words)

	Ethiopia - Ethiopian History - Solomonic Dynasty
		1270 CE - 1630 CE The restored Solomonic lineage started in 1270 with Emperor Yekuno’s declaration to be the lineal descent Menelik I, offspring of King Solomon and Queen Makeda (Queen of Sheba or Queen of Saba).
		All succeeding Ethiopian rulers confirmed their having full filial rights and obligations by birth to Yekuno Amlak and, by that means, to King Solomon and Queen Makeda.
		Imperial control was reinforced over what was a disorganized administrative state.
	www.geocities.com /mentiso/solomon (781 words)

	~The Yekuno-Amlak~ Thaumaturgy training - Zach Miller - Alleria
		Strange apparatus and weird smelling chemicals and reagents were littering one side of the tent, the other held two beds, or more precisely, two slightly cushioned blankets that were rolled out on the sandy floor.
		The man grinned and placed his fist over his heart in the manner of the usual Yekuno Amlak greeting.
		OOC: Make a new thread called '~The Yekuno Amlak~ Undead Lore - AGM Berk' or something, time is still limited for posting, so it's just easier if you do it, then i pick it up afterwards
	www.alleria.com /forums/showthread.php?t=27333 (1401 words)

	Wonders of the African World - Episodes - The Holy Land - Wonders
		One of these men, Za-Mikael Aregawi, is believed to have founded Debra Damo.
		It was a monk trained at Debra Damo who became the patron of the Solomonid pretender Yekuno Amlak, and helped him to overthrow the last of the Zagwe kings.
		Especially during the Zagwe dynasty, the aristocratic families of the north saw the great monasteries as an alternate base for power.
	www.pbs.org /wonders/Episodes/Epi4/4_wondr3.htm (205 words)

	J. M. Harden, An introduction to Ethiopic Christian Literature (1926)
		In any case the Zâguê-kings were dispossessed about the year 1270 when Yekuno Amlâk who came from Shoa and was a member of the Solomonic house was restored to the throne of his ancestors, assuming the proud title of Negusa nagast, King of kings, which has ever since been used by the kings of Abyssinia.
		This lasted for about three centuries and was followed by 22 a period of darkness about which we know nothing so far as literary activity is concerned, and very little else.
		There was found there much gold and raiment of silk, the treasures of the ancient kings, which had been gathered there from (the time of) Yekuno Amlâk to the reign of 84 Lebna Dengel, and other treasures whose sum none knoweth save God alone.
	www.ccel.org /p/pearse/morefathers/harden_ethiopic_literature.htm (20071 words)

	EthiopianHistory.Com :: A history of Ethiopia
		The Zagwe's were considered usurpers because they did not lay claim to King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
		When Yekuno Amlak came to power, the Solomonic Dynasty was reinstated.
		During the sixteenth century, the expeditions of Ahmad Gragn ravaged Ethiopia.
	www.ethiopianhistory.com (439 words)

	Rastafari Speaks \| Quiz 17 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		All of these questions will be based on Emperor Yekuno Amlak of Ethiopia, who restored the Solomonic Dynasty there after the rule of the Zagwe Dynasty.
		(1) What was His name before he was called Yekuno Amlak?
		What was the name of the Monastery where the great teacher of Emperor Yekuno Amlak Studied?
	www.rastafarispeaks.com /quiz/17.html (83 words)

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