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AmdaSeyons chronicle is in fact a detailed report of a years 1332 ADcampaign of the king against a coalition of Muslim petty kingdoms in Ethiopiassoutheast. It was most probably written by an eye witness of the events whofurthermore disposed of some document material. Because of its pure languageand elegant style as well as its masterly compostion as a true Christian herosdrama it must be ranged among the best products of Geez medieval literature.ago it proved even in its deficient edition and rather tentative translation tobe a principal source for the history of Ethiopia in the 14th century. Othersources for the same period are extremely rare the historical traditionderiving from the Muslim counterpart included. The new critical edition made ofall available mss. provides the long needed sound textual base for furtherresearch. The slightly commented translation as well as the introduction sumsup the results of scholarly discussion so far comparison is made to fragmentsof Muslim chronicles in Arabic and a few partially unpublished documents inEthiopic texts. the long list of Muslim contingents and territories in thecoalition has been established a real gazetteer of that region. The second important from the historical and literary point of view is that this textstands in a long tradition of Ethiopic historiography near to hagiography inthe style of Lalibalas the Zagwe kings vita where the manierated search forauthentic and pure Geez expression covers almost the Amharic reality of thetime Peeters 1994 «
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