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- 1 2 Taddesse Tamrat, "The Abbots of Dabra Hayq, 1248-1535", Journal of Ethiopian Studies, 8 (1970), p. 102
- ↑ Ullendorff, Ethiopia and the Bible: The Schweich Lectures (Oxford: British Academy, 1967), p. 32
- ↑ Ullendorff, Ethiopia and the Bible, p. 35
- ↑ Tadesse Tamrat, "Abbots of Dabra Hayq", pp. 102f
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