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Menelik I, Emperor of Ethiopia

(Many ways of transliterating the Ethiopic will be encountered. Arabic: IBN AL-HAKIM)
According to the Kebra Negast, the son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. He brought the Ark of the Covenant to Axum. He is considered a saint by the Ethiopian Church.

The Queen of Sheba and Her Only Son Menyelek, or the Kebra Nagast. Translated by Sir E.A. Wallis Budge, 1932. ---Sacred Texts

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