Dylnead
Dylnead was the younger son of Degnazena (Degna Djan) and he inherited the throne from his older brother Anbesu Uyddymie. Dylnead carried out two war campaigns in the Abyssinian Highlands south of Aksum and sent two Christian missions to the region. He also helped build the Debre Igziabher church on Lake Hajk. According to the British orientalist Wallis Budge, Dylnead's rule was short and lasting for about ten years. According to popular tradition, Dylnead was overthrown by his army commander, Mara Tekle Hajmanota, who had previously marry his daughter, Masaba Warku. Scottish traveler James Bruce noted another tradition in which the king was a child when the legendary queen responsible for the fall of Aksum - Gudit, murdered princes imprisoned on Mount Debre Damo. The princes were to be relatives of Dylnead. Gudit, according to oral tradition, had forced some of the king's dignitaries to take him out of the kingdom, which would have saved his life. Dylnead was to find shelter in the province of Szeua, and in the north, the government took over the previously mentioned Mara Takla Hajmanot (according to James Bruce's cousin Gudit, who became her successor), born in the province of Lasta. Takla Hajmanot launched a new dynasty - Zagwe. Bibliography
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