Sertsa-Dyngyl ( Sartsa Dengel, geez ሠርፀ ድንግል, letters. " Branch of the Virgin "), the throne name is Malak-Sagad [1] ( 1550 - October 4, 1597 ) - king of Abyssinia since 1563.
| Serze Dingul | ||||
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| geez ሠርፀ ድንግል | ||||
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| Predecessor | Admas Sagad I | |||
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| Father | Minas | |||
| Children | Jacob | |||
Serze-Dingyl came to the throne at the age of thirteen, after his father Minas (Admas-Sagada) . The first years he had to defend his power against various applicants and dissatisfied, and he even had to hide because for his head detractors had even been awarded a reward [1] .
Having defeated enemies, he waged wars during most of his reign and healed the wounds inflicted by invasions and civil strife. Serze-Dingyl pacified the Gaul , who made constant raids, crushed the power of the Moors who settled in the coastal southeastern provinces of the country, defeated the Turks, who cut off Abyssinia from the sea in Massaua , which, according to the ESB , happened: “ due to the ineptitude and dishonesty of the governor of this region Isaac, who did not want to derive commercial benefits from the coastal position of the province and gave them to the gigantic Turks, who became their firm foot ” [1] .
Serze-Dyngyl defeated the Turkish troops, despite their considerable military superiority; the cannons that were recaptured from them served as the beginning of the Abyssinian artillery.
Then, in two campaigns, he pacified the rebellion of the Ethiopian Jews , annexed the fallen region to Enarea, and spread Christianity there [1] .
Serze-Dingyl died on October 4, 1597 during a campaign in Damot against the migratory invasion of the Gaul [2] . He was buried in a church on the island of Rema (Lake Tsana).
At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, the following description given to this ruler was published on the pages of the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : “ With rare energy and a state mind, he combined the talents of a commander, the nobility of the soul and sincere Christian humility ” [1] .
The chronicle of the king in nine books is part of a large chronicle compiled in 1785 and is listed in London and Paris [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sartsa-Dengel // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Atamba F.M., “Ethiopia XVI — XIX centuries. The formation of the state until the XVI century. "
Literature
- Saneiano , “L'Abyssinie dans la II moitié du XVI Siècle”, ( Leipzig - Bukhara , 1892).
- Sartsa-Dengel // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.