Newaya Maryam
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Newaya Maryam
Newaya Maryam (throne name Wedem Asfare or Gemma Asfare) was nəgusä nägäst (1372–1382) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the oldest son of Newaya Krestos.
During his reign, Haqq ad-Din II of the Walasma dynasty gained control of the kingdom of Ifat on the southeastern frontier of Ethiopia in 1376, and began raids against the Empire.[1] According to E. A. Wallis Budge, the Royal Chronicles state that "little was known about" Newaya Maryam, and he died without issue.[2] He was buried at Asar, but his descendant Emperor Baeda Maryam had his body re-interred at the church of Atronsa Maryam.[3]
Notes
- ^ J. Spencer Trimingham, Islam in Ethiopia (Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege for the University Press, 1952), p. 74.
- ^ E.A. Wallis Budge, A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia, 1928 (Oosterhout, the Netherlands: Anthropological Publications, 1970), p. 300.
- ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 28 January 2008)
| Preceded by Newaya Krestos |
Emperor of Ethiopia | Succeeded by Dawit I |
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