Jan Seyum

Jan Seyum
King of Zagwe dynasty
Reign1056 A.D.-Late 11th Century
PredecessorTatadim
SuccessorGerma Seyum
DynastyZagwe dynasty
FatherMara Takla Haymanot
MotherMasoba Warq
ReligionEthiopian Orthodox Church

Jan Seyum (Ge'ez: ጃን ስዩም) was King of Zagwe dynasty. Taddesse Tamrat states that he was a son of Mara Takla Haymanot, a younger brother of King Tatadim, and the father of Yemrehana Krestos.[1] His name does not appear in the longer king lists.

  1. ^ Taddesse Tamrat, Church and State in Ethiopia, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 56n.