| Na'akueto La'ab | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Priest with large canvas at the monastery of Na'akueto La'ab, with a depiction of the legend of kings | |
| King of Zagwe dynasty | |
| Reign | 1221–1261 |
| Predecessor | Gebre Maskel Lalibela |
| Successor | Yetbarak |
| Dynasty | Zagwe dynasty |
| Father | Kedus Harbe |
| Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox Church |
Na'akueto La'ab (Ge'ez: ንዓኩቶ ላዓብ) was King of Zagwe dynasty. According to Taddesse Tamrat, he was the son of Kedus Harbe.[1] Richard Pankhurst credits him with the creation of the church located in a cave a half-day's journey from the town of Lalibela.[2] According to a manuscript Pedro Páez and Manuel de Almeida saw at Axum, Na'akueto La'ab ruled for 40 years, a suspiciously round number.[3]
- ^ Taddesse Tamrat, Church and State in Ethiopia (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 56n.
- ^ Richard Pankhurst, The Ethiopians: A History (Oxford: Blackwell, 2001), p. 53
- ^ G.W.B. Huntingford, "'The Wealth of Kings' and the End of the Zāguē Dynasty", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 28 (1965), p. 8