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    Kaleb of Axum (redirect from Ella Asbeha)
    Gə‘əz as KLB ’L ’ṢBḤ WLD TZN (Kaleb ʾElla ʾAṣbeḥa, son of Tazena). In vocalized Gə‘əz, it is ካሌብ እለ አጽብሐ (Kaleb ʾƎllä ʾÄṣbəḥä). Kaleb, a name derived from...
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    fortress of Maddabān overlooking the Bab-el-Mandeb, where he expected Kaleb Ella Aṣbeḥa to land his fleet. The campaign eventually killed between 11,500 and...
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  • another name for Sofya, wife of Ousanas. A book titled Gedle Abreha and Asbeha from the Church of Abreha wa-Atsbeha confirms that "Sofya" was one of the...
    121 KB (6,207 words) - 03:14, 27 April 2024
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    though the coins bear this name. According to tradition, Emperors Abreha and Asbeha ruled Ethiopia when Christianity was introduced. It may be that these names...
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    Ousanas (redirect from Ella Amida)
    recorded by Carlo Conti Rossini. According to a book titled Gedle Abreha and Asbeha from the Church of Abreha wa-Atsbeha, Tazer was the father of Abreha and...
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  • Abreha and Asbeha. An Aksumite queen named Sofya ruled Axum as regent following the death of her husband Ousanas (otherwise known as Ella Allada) in c...
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  • The queen is explicitly named Sofya in a book titled Gedle Abreha and Asbeha from the Church of Abreha wa-Atsbeha, where she is named as the wife of...
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