Mara Takla Haymanot [SEP] noble family
Mara Takla Haymanot
Mara Takla Haymanot was Emperor ("Nəgusä nägäst") of Ethiopia, and the founder of the Zagwe dynasty. Some s give his name simply as "Mararah", and other King Lists as "Takla Haymanot".
Reign.
According to one tradition, Mara was born in the province of Lasta, which was his power base. Originally a general of Dil Na'od, whose daughter Masoba Warq became his wife, Mara overthrew his father-in-law to found the new dynasty.
Takla
Takla may refer to:
Persons.
- Thecla, Takla, or Tekla, a saint of the early Christian Church
- Abuna Takla Haymanot (died May 1988), third Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church
- Beshara Takla, co-founder of "Al-Ahram" with his brother Saleem Takla
- Takla Maryam, a former Emperor of Ethiopia
- Mara Takla Haymanot, a former Emperor of Ethiopia
- Laila Takla, Coptic Egyptian politician, author, and promoter of Muslim