Eskender

Solomonid king of Ethiopia

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association with Covilhã

  • In Pêro da Covilhã

    …by the Abyssinian ruler, Emperor Eskender, and was well treated and made governor of a district. He was not, however, allowed to leave the country. Some years later the Abyssinian regent, Queen Helena, sent an Armenian named Matthew to Portugal. He reached Afonso de Albuquerque at Goa in 1512 and…

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