Alla Amidas
Alla Amidas (c. 540) was a King of the Kingdom of Aksum. He is primarily known from the coins minted during his reign.
| Alla Amidas | |
|---|---|
| King of Axum | |
| Reign | c. 540 |
| Predecessor | Kaleb |
| Successor | Wazena |
Due to die-links between the coins of Alla Amidas and Kaleb, Munro-Hay suggests that the two kings were co-rulers. Alla Amidas possibly ruled the Aksumite territories on the western side of the Red Sea, while Kaleb was campaigning in the east in Southern Arabia.[1]
Some Ethiopian chroniclers claimed that it was during the reign of Alla Amidas that the Nine Saints came to Ethiopia.[2]
Notes
- S. C. Munro-Hay, Aksum: An African Civilization of Late Antiquity (Edinburgh: University Press, 1991), pp. 156f.
- Budge, E. A. Wallis (1928). A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia. Vol. 1. London: Methuen & Co. p. 152.
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