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Yeshaq I

r. 1414–1429 · 15th century

Yeshaq I was emperor of Ethiopia from 1414 to 1429, a son of Dawit I of the Solomonic dynasty. He fought the Muslim states to the east, and some accounts place the death of Sultan Sa'ad ad-Din II of Ifat near Zeila in his reign. He also sought allies abroad, sending an embassy to Alfonso V of Aragon in 1427.

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