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Lebna Dengel, nəgusä nägäst (emperor) of Ethiopia and a member of the Solomonic dynasty.
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Negusa Nagast. Emperor Haile Selassie of the Solomonic dynasty. Although several kings of Aksum used this style, until the restoration of the Solomonic dynasty under Yekuno Amlak, rulers of Ethiopia generally used the style of Negus, although "King of Kings" was used as far back as Ezana of Axum (320's–360 CE/AD).
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Tekle Haymanot, negus of Gojjam. Negus ( Ge'ez: ንጉሥ, nəgueś [nɨgueɬ]; cf. Amharic: ነጋሲ nəgus [nɨgus]) is the word for "king" in the Ethiopian Semitic languages and a title [1] which was usually bestowed upon a regional ruler by the Negusa Nagast, or "king of kings," [2] in pre-1974 Ethiopia .
“Negusa Nagast” is a term derived from the Ethiopian language Amharic, which translates to “King of Kings.” The song pays tribute to Haile Selassie, the former Emperor of Ethiopia and a revered figure in the Rastafari movement.
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Apr 11, 2023 · Introduction to the Text. The Kebra Nagast, often known as the “national epic of Ethiopia,” is a long text written in Ge’ez in the 1300s which details the history of Ethiopian monarchs who descend from King Solomon.
Hāyla Sellāsē had his ge''ez title negusa nagast, officially translated to that of " emperor" during the ceremony and then his reign (Rubenson, 1965), even though " king of kings" would have been more accurate. It may have been an inflection on the meaning of this title, which connoted not a king among the kings, but a prominent and unique ...
