Joel of Dotawo

Joel of Dotawo was a king of the Christian kingdom of Dotawo in late medieval Nubia. His rule is documented from the year 1484.^[1]

Joel is one of the last kings of Christian Nubia in the historical record. He is known from a graffito in the Faras Cathedral, an inscription in the Church of Tamit, a 1484 letter from the settlement Gebel Adda, and an additional inscription. That multiple attentions survive may be of significance.^{[citation needed]}

Joel ruled shortly before the remaining Christian states in Nubia vanished. He had at least one vassal, the king Tienossi of Ilenat. Dotawo was likely conquered by the Mamluks under Qaitbay at some point before 1496.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

^ Davies, Noel; Conway, Martin, eds. (2008). World Christianity in the 20th Century. Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-334-04043-9.

Literature

Derek A. Welsby: The Medieval Kingdoms of Nubia. London 2002, pp. 250–251, ISBN 0-7141-1947-4

[1] Davies, Noel; Conway, Martin, eds. (2008). World Christianity in the 20th Century. Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-334-04043-9.

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