Dil Na'od
| Dil Na'od | |
|---|---|
| Negus of Axum | |
| King of Aksum | |
| Reign | 917–960 |
| Predecessor | Anbasa Wedem |
| Successor | Position abolished |
| Issue | Masoba Warq AbetoMehabere Widam |
| Father | Degna Djan |
Dil Na'odwas the lastKingofAksumbefore theZagwe dynasty.He lived in either the 9th or 10th century. Dil Na'od was the younger son of Ged'a Jan (orDegna Djan), and succeeded his older brother'Anbasa Wedemasnegus.[1]According toE. A. Wallis Budge,"The reign of Delna'ad was short, perhaps about ten years."[2]However,James Brucehas recorded another tradition, that Dil Na'od was an infant whenGuditslaughtered the princes imprisoned atDebre Damo,his relatives, and forced some of his nobles to take him out of his kingdom to save his life.[3]
Dil Na'od is recorded as both campaigning in theEthiopian Highlandssouth ofAxum,and sending missionaries into that region. WithAbunaSalama I,he helped to build the church ofDebre IgziabheroverlookingLake Hayq.[4]
According to one tradition, he was defeated byMara Takla Haymanot,a prince from Lasta province, who married Dil Na'od's daughter, Masaba Warq. According to tradition, a son of Dil Na'od was carried toAmhara,that son beingAbetoMehabere Widam,where he was harbored until his descendant,Yekuno Amlak,overthrew the Zagwe Kingdom, and re-established theSolomonic dynasty.
Dil'Naod is credited with building and establishing the original structures for both the church of Debre Egzi-'abhēr &Istifanos MonasteryatLake Hayq.
References
[edit]- ^Taddesse Tamrat,Church and State in Ethiopia(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 55 n.3.
- ^E. A. Walis Budge,A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia,1928 (Oosterhout, the Netherlands: Anthropological Publications, 1970), p. 276.
- ^Bruce,Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile(1805), vol. 2 pp. 451–53
- ^Paul B. Henze,Layers of Time(New York: Palgrave, 2000), pp. 47f.
External links
[edit]- Michael, Belaynesh."Del-Nä'ad".Dictionary of African Christian Biography.This article was previously published in B. Michael, S. Chojnacki andR. Pankhurst(eds.),The Dictionary of Ethiopian Biography, Vol. 1: From Early Times to the End of the Zagwé Dynasty c. 1270 A.D(Addis Ababa, 1975).
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