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The Kebra Nagast, var. Kebra Negast (Ge'ez: ክብረ ነገሥት, kəbrä nägäśt), or The Glory of the Kings, is a 14th-century [1] national epic of Ethiopia, written in Geʽez by the nebure id Ishaq of Aksum.
The Kebra Negast (the Book of the Glory of Kings), with 15 original illustrations (Aziloth Books) – 2013 [15] Music "Haile Selassie" by Teddy Afro (2001) [16]
The Kebra Nagast (var. Kebra Negast', Ge'ez, ክብረ ነገሥት, kəbrä nägäst), or the Book of the Glory of Kings, is an account written in Ge'ez of the origins of the Solomonic line of the Emperors of Ethiopia.
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.
The best-known is the Kebra Negast, or "Book of Kings" from the 14th century AD. [1] Another well-known book is the Garima Gospels, one of the oldest known surviving bibles in the world, written in Ge'ez around 500 AD. [2] A common theme during the colonial period is the slave narrative, often written in English or French for western audiences.
An alternate version found with one copy of Kebra Negast contains 27 names, with the addition of years of reign and intermingling of emperors from the 17th and 18th centuries. Both versions claim to cover a period of 1,200 years. Probably related to list B. 25 – –
Several emperors have stressed the importance of the Kebra Negast. One of the first instances of this can be traced in a letter from Prince Kasa (King John IV) to Queen Victoria in 1872. [ 46 ] Kasa states, "There is a book called Kebra Nagast which contains the law of the whole of Ethiopia, and the names of the shums (governors), churches and ...
The Kebra Nagast, a 14th-century national epic, describes the dynasty's claim to descent from Solomon, [26] and was used to justify the takeover from the Zagwe dynasty. The epic states that the Kingdom of Aksum was founded by Menelik I , who was allegedly the son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba , known as Makeda in Ethiopia. [ 14 ]