List of kings of Axum

The kings of Axum ruled an important trading nation in the area which is now Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, from approximately 100–940 AD.[1]

Zenith of the Kingdom of Axum

Dates of Tenure Name Notes
c. 10 B.C.Bazen
c. 100Za Haqala (possibly Nza ya Nkla or Zoskales)
c. 200GDRT
(vocalized by historians as "Gadarat")
inscriptions mention his son BYGT (vocalized as "Beyga" or "Ba yaga")
c. 230 – c.240`DBH
(vocalized as "`Nzamba" or "`Nzaba")
inscriptions mention his son GRMT (vocalized as "Girma")
c. 250Sembrouthes
c. 260DTWNS
(vocalized as "Batsana")
inscriptions mention his son ZQRNS (vocalized as "Batsiana")
c. 270 – c.300Endubis
fl. early 4th centuryAphilas
fl. early 4th centuryMzamba
c. 320Ousanas
c. 333 – c. 356Ezana
c. 350MHDYS
(vocalized as "Mehadeyis")
fl. late 4th centuryOuazebas
c. 400Eonpossibly the "Unina" from the Book of the Himyarites
fl. 5th centuryEbana
fl. 5th centuryNezoolalso called "N'zana"
c. 500Ousas,
also spelled "Ousana(s)"
possibly Tazena, father of Kaleb
c. 520Kalebtradition names his son Gabra Masqal
fl. mid 6th centuryAlla Amidas
fl. mid 6th centuryWazena
fl. mid 6th centuryW`ZB
vocalized as "Wa`zabe"
possibly "Ella Gabaz", son of Kaleb
fl. mid 6th centuryIoel
c. 575Hatazidentified with "Iathlia"
c. 577Saifu
c. 590Israeltradition also records an Israel, son of Kaleb
c. 600Gersem
c. 614Najashipossibly identical with Sahama
died c. 630Sahamatradition also records an Ella Tsaham (Illa Ṣaḥām)

Later kings

The following kings ruled between 600–900, though individual dates are not available.[2]

Name Notes
Kwastantinos or "Constantine"
Wasan Sagad Bazagar?
Fere Shanay or Fere Shernay
'Adre'az or 'Adre'azar
'Akla Wedem
Germa Safar
Zergaz or Gergaz
Degna Mikael
Bahr Ikela
Gum
'Asgwomgum
Letem
Talatem
'Oda Gosh or 'Oda Sasa
'Ayzur who reigned half a day and was strangled to death
Dedem
Wededem
Wedem 'Asfare reigned 150 years
'Armah
Degna Djan or Ged'a Djan
'Anbasa Wedem son of Degna Djan
Dil Na'od son of Degna Djan

See also

References

  1. S.C. Munro-Hay, Aksum (Edinburgh: University Press, 1991), pp. 67f
  2. E. A. Wallis Budge, A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia, 1928 (Oosterhout, the Netherlands: Anthropological Publications, 1970), pp. 269f
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