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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Akaba, Gangnihessou, Houegbadja, Dakodonou, Ismail Ibn Sharif, Susenyos of Ethiopia, Ahmad al-Mansur, Iyasu I of Ethiopia, Monneba, Fasilides of Ethiopia, Yohannes I of Ethiopia, Okomfo Anokye, Kateregga of Buganda, Za Dengel, Pedro II of Kongo, Badi III, Zidan Abu Maali, Negasi Krestos, Antonio I of Kongo, Al-Rashid of Morocco, Juuko of Buganda, Mutebi I of Buganda, Alvaro II of Kongo, Kayemba of Buganda, Kimbugwe of Buganda, Ambrosio I of Kongo, Sekamaanya of Buganda, Suuna I of Buganda, Pedro III of Kongo, Garcia I of Kongo, Moulay Ali Cherif, Mohammed al-Mahdi al-Fasi, Yeshaq Iyasu, Alvaro IV of Kongo, Bernardo II of Kongo, Rabat I, Alvaro V of Kongo, Ntare I Kivimira Savuyimba Semunganzashamba Rushatsi Cambarantama, Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II, Alvaro VI of Kongo, Alvaro III of Kongo, Abd al-Qadir II, Alvaro VIII of Kongo, Ali II of Bornu, Afonso II of Kongo and Nkondo, Alvaro VII of Kongo, Mohammed esh Sheikh el Mamun, Adlan I, Abd al-Aziz al-Fishtali, Nasr ad-Din, Yolyos, Mohammed esh Sheikh es Seghir, Muhammad II of Morocco, Kaladian Coulibaly, Al Walid ben Zidan, Ntombela kaMalandela, Afonso III of Kongo, Malandela kaLuzumana. Excerpt: Susenyos (also Sissinios, as in Greek, Ge'ez s siny s; throne name Malak Sagad III, Ge'ez, mal'ak sagad, Amh. mel' k seged, "to whom the angel bows"; 1572 - 7 September 1632)) was (1606-1632) of Ethiopia. His father was Abeto (Prince) Fasilides, a grandson of Dawit II; as a result, while some authorities list him as a member of the Solomonic dynasty, others consider him, instead of his son, as the founder of the Gondar line of the dynasty (ultimately a subset, however, of the Solomonic dynasty). Manuel de Almeida, a Portuguese Jesuit who lived in Ethiopia during Susenyos' reign, described him as "tall, with the features of a man of quality, large handsome eyes, ...