Dawit I

Timeline

1. 1382–1400Gondar area · AmharaHe succeeded around 1382 and consolidated central authority; in 1386 he sent an envoy bearing gifts to the Mamluk court in Egypt, expanding limited diplomacy with the Islamic world; at the same time he pursued military responses to Adal and internal rebellions.
2. 1401–1410Lake Tana · AmharaBetween 1401 and 1410 he generously patronized the church, promoting translations such as the Ta'ammara Maryam and the activities of scholars like Giyorgis; around 1403 he defeated the Adal sultan Sa'ad ad-Din; in 1402 he dispatched an embassy to Venice seeking craftsmen and European connections.
3. 1411–1413Dek Island · Lake TanaIn his later years he was seriously injured in an accident while inspecting horses and died around October 6, 1413, buried on Dek Island; his son Tewodros I and others succeeded in turn, continuing Solomonic rule.