Amda Iyasus

Amda Iyasus (Ge'ez: ዐምደ ኢየሱስ; died June 1434)^[2] was Emperor of Ethiopia for one year, from 1433 to 1434. His throne name Badel Nan (Ge’ez: በድል ናኝ) and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the younger son of Takla Maryam.

Amda Iyasus ዓፄ ዐምደ ኢየሱስ
Negusa nagast
Emperor of Ethiopia
Reign	November 1433 – June 1434[1]
Predecessor	Sarwe Iyasus
Successor	Zara Yaqob
Dynasty	Solomonic dynasty
Father	Takla Maryam
Religion	Ethiopian Orthodox

E. A. Wallis Budge notes that Amda Iyasus ruled for eight months, and left no children. The royal chronicles also do not relay his deeds during his brief tenure atop the throne. Al-Maqrizi was reportedly puzzled by the quick turnover in Kings.^[3]

References

1. Stewart, John (2006). African States and Rulers (third ed.). London: McFarland & Company Inc. p. 93.
2. British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts; William Wright (1877). Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired Since the Year 1847. British Museum. pp. 7–.
3. Budge, A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia, 1928 (Oosterhout, the Netherlands: Anthropological Publications, 1970), p. 303.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Sarwe Iyasus	Emperor of Ethiopia 1433–1434	Succeeded by Zara Yaqob