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Fetha Negest

ፍትሐ ነገሥትን ማን ጻፈው? ሃይማኖታቸው የቀና 318 ለቃውንት የሰማእታት ዘመን ከተፈጸመ በሗላ ንጉስ ቆስጠንጢኖስን ንጉሥ ባደረጉት ወቅት ሕዝቡን ይዳኝበት ዘንድ የሰጡት የሕግ መጽሐፍ ነው።

The Fetha Negest 'Justice of the Kings' is a theocratic legal code compiled around 1240 by the Coptic Egyptian Christian writer Abu'l-Fada'il ibn al-Assal in Arabic.
. It was later translated into Ge'ez in Ethiopia in the 15th century and expanded upon with numerous local laws

Compiled by Resoum Kidane

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