Takla Maryam Explained

Takla Maryam
Geez: ዓፄ ተክለ ማርያም
Succession:Emperor of Ethiopia
Reign:March 1430 – June 1433[1]
Predecessor:Andreyas
Successor:Sarwe Iyasus
Issue:Sarwe Iyasus
Amda Iyasus
Dynasty:House of Solomon
Father:Dawit I
Religion:Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Takla Maryam (Geez: ተክለ ማርያም), throne name Hezbe Nañ (Geez: ሕዝበ ናኝ) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1430 to 1433, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the third son of Dawit I.[2]

Manoel de Almeida remarks that the descendants of Takla Maryam had been taken from Amba Geshen by Emperor Zara Yaqob and "exiled to hot lands where there are many diseases"; when his son Emperor Baeda Maryam I, early in his reign, attempted to redress this injury by recalling them from exile, they slew his messengers. Although Baeda Maryam I promptly took punitive measures (which included decapitating 80 of their members), in de Almeida's day they were "still rigorously watched".[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Stewart, John. African States and Rulers. 2006. third. McFarland & Company Inc.. London. 93.
  2. [:wikidata:Q112548186|Marie-Laure Derat]
  3. C.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford, Some Records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1954), pp.101f.