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| Menelik I ምኒልክ | |
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| Emperor of Ethiopia (traditional) | |
| Reign | 982–957 B.C. (E.C.)[1] 975–950 B.C. (G.C.)[nb 1] (according to Tafari Makannon's King List)[2] 954–930 B.C. (Alternate dates from E. A. Wallis Budge)[3] |
| Predecessor | Makeda |
| Successor | Hanyon or Tomai (depending on the king list) |
| Born | c.1000 B.C. |
| Dynasty | House of Solomon |
| Father | King Solomon |
| Mother | Queen of Sheba |
Menelik I (Ge'ez: ምኒልክ, Mənilək) was the legendary first Emperor of Ethiopia. According to Kebra Nagast, a 14th-century national epic, in the 10th century BC he is said to have inaugurated the Solomonic dynasty of Ethiopia, so named because Menelik I was the son of the biblical King Solomon of ancient Israel and of Makeda, the Queen of Sheba.[4][5]
- ^ a b C. F. Rey, In the Country of the Blue Nile (1927), Camelot Press, London, pg. 263
- ^ C. F. Rey, In the Country of the Blue Nile (1927), Camelot Press, London, pg. 266
- ^ Budge, E. A. Wallis (1928). A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume 1). London: Methuen & Co. p. 229.
- ^ Marrassini, Paolo. 2007. "Kəbrä Nägäśt." In Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: He-N: Vol. 3, edited by Siegbert Uhlig, 364-368. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
- ^ Fiaccadori, Gianfranco. 2007. "Mənilək I." In Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: He-N: Vol. 3, edited by Siegbert Uhlig, 921-922. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
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