Jan Seyum
King of Zagwe dynasty
Reign11th century
PredecessorTatadim
SuccessorGerma Seyum
DynastyZagwe dynasty
FatherMara Takla Haymanot
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.

References

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


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