Luzay of Axum explained

Luzay
Succession:	King of Axum
Reign:	13 B.C.-1 B.C.
Predecessor:	Nalke
Successor:	Bazen

Luzay or Laka was an ancient king of Aksum who is named on some Ethiopian regnal lists.

Regnal lists

This king appears on a regnal list quoted by Carlo Conti Rossini under the name "Laka" and was the 23rd monarch to reign following Menelik I.^[1]

The official 1922 regnal list claims this king reigned for 12 years, from 20 B.C. to 8 B.C., with dates following the Ethiopian calendar.^[2] Two variations of this regnal list, written by Heruy Wolde Selassie and Aleka Taye respectively, both state this king reigned for 2 years, from 10 B.C. to 8 B.C.^{[3] [4]}

Ethiopian historian Fisseha Yaze Kassa stated this king reigned for 8 years.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Budge, E. A.. A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume I). Methuen & Co.. 1928a . London. 207.
2. Book: Rey, C. F. . In the Country of the Blue Nile . Camelot Press . 1927 . London . 267.
3. Book: Kropp, Manfred . Julius Africanus und die christliche Weltchronistik . Martin . Wallraf . Ein später Schüler des Julius Africanus zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts in Äthiopien . Walter de Gruyter . Berlin . 2006 . 978-3-11-019105-9 . German . 325.
4. Web site: Ghelawdewos . Araia . December 7, 2009 . Brief Chronology of Ethiopian History . January 13, 2024.
5. Book: Fisseha Yaze Kassa . የኢትዮጵያ ፭ ሺህ ዓመት ታሪክ . 2003 . Ethiopia . 97 . Amharic . Ethiopia's 5,000-year history.