Yekuno Amlak

Regnal name
	Tasfa Iyasus

Yekuno Amlak
ይኩኖ አምላክ
Yekuno Amlak; ይኩኖ አምላክ;
	Contemporary portrait of Yekuno Amlak from the Genneta Maryam church, Lalibela
Emperor of Ethiopia
Reign	10 August 1270 – 19 June 1285
Successor	Yagbe'u Seyon
Born	1250s; Bete Amhara
Died	19 June 1285; Ethiopian Empire
Regnal name
Regnal name
	Tasfa Iyasus
Dynasty	House of Solomon
Father	Tasfa Iyasus
Religion	Ethiopian Orthodox Church

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Yekuno Amlak (Ge’ez: ይኩኖ አምላክ); throne name Tesfa Iyasus (ተስፋ ኢየሱስ; died 19 June 1285) was Emperor of Ethiopia,^[3] from 1270 to 1285, and the founder of the Solomonic dynasty, which lasted until 1974.^[4] He was a ruler from Bete Amhara (in parts of modern-day Wollo and northern Shewa) who became the Emperor of Ethiopia following the defeat of the last Zagwe king.^[5]

^ Gates, Henry Louis; Akyeampong, Emmanuel; Niven, Steven J. (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. Vol. 6. Oxford University Press. pp. 204–205. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
^ Stuart Munro-Hay (2002). Ethiopia: The Unknown Land. I.B. Tauris. p. 24.
^ In the Ethiopian calendar, 10 Sené and 16 Nehasé, respectively. A. K. Irvine, "Review: The Different Collections of Nägś Hymns in Ethiopic Literature and Their Contributions." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies, 1985.
^ Abir, Mordechai (2013). Ethiopia and the Red Sea: The Rise and Decline of the Solomonic Dynasty and Muslim European Rivalry in the Region. Taylor & Francis. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-136-28090-0.
^ Fessha, Yonathan Tesfaye (2016). Ethnic Diversity and Federalism: Constitution Making in South Africa and Ethiopia. Routledge. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-317-14098-6.

[1] Gates, Henry Louis; Akyeampong, Emmanuel; Niven, Steven J. (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. Vol. 6. Oxford University Press. pp. 204–205. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.

[2] Stuart Munro-Hay (2002). Ethiopia: The Unknown Land. I.B. Tauris. p. 24.

[3] In the Ethiopian calendar, 10 Sené and 16 Nehasé, respectively. A. K. Irvine, "Review: The Different Collections of Nägś Hymns in Ethiopic Literature and Their Contributions." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies, 1985.

[4] Abir, Mordechai (2013). Ethiopia and the Red Sea: The Rise and Decline of the Solomonic Dynasty and Muslim European Rivalry in the Region. Taylor & Francis. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-136-28090-0.

[5] Fessha, Yonathan Tesfaye (2016). Ethnic Diversity and Federalism: Constitution Making in South Africa and Ethiopia. Routledge. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-317-14098-6.

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