Amda Iyasus (; died June 1434) was

Emperor of Ethiopia The emperor of Ethiopia (, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse (, "emperor"), was the hereditary monarchy, hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975. The emperor w ...

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 Takla Maryam (), throne name Hezbe Nañ () was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1430 to 1433, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the third son of Dawit I. Manoel de Almeida remarks that the descendants of Takla Maryam had been taken from Am ...

E. A. Wallis Budge Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 185723 November 1934) was an English Egyptology, Egyptologist, Orientalism, Orientalist, and Philology, philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient ...

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 Al-Maqrīzī (, full name Taqī al-Dīn Abū al-'Abbās Aḥmad ibn 'Alī ibn 'Abd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad al-Maqrīzī, ; 1364–1442) was a medieval Egyptian historian and biographer during the Mamluk era, known for his interest in the Fat ...

was reportedly puzzled by the quick turnover in Kings.Budge, ''A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia'', 1928 (Oosterhout, the Netherlands: Anthropological Publications, 1970), p. 303.

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1434 deaths 15th-century emperors of Ethiopia 15th-century monarchs in Africa Solomonic dynasty Year of birth unknown {{Ethiopia-hist-stub