Editing Gudit (section)

== Historical evidence ==
It was during the office of [[Pope Philotheos of Alexandria]] when Gudit started her revolt, near the end of the reign of the king who had deposed the [[List of Abunas of Ethiopia|Abuna]] Petros. According to Taddesse Tamrat, "his own death in the conflict, and the military reverses of the kingdom were taken as divine retribution for the sufferings of Abuna Petros."{{sfn|Tamrat|1972|pp=40–41}}

This chronological synchronicity with the tenure of Patriarch Philotheos, and the intervention of king [[Georgios II of Makuria]], provides us a date of ca. 960 for Gudit. A contemporary Arab historian, [[Ibn Hawqal]], provides this account:

{{blockquote|The country of the ''[[Abyssinian people|habasha]]'' has been ruled by a woman for many years now: she has killed the king of the ''habasha'' who was called ''Haḍani'' [from [[Geʽez]] ''haṣ́ani'', modern aṣ́e or ''[[Emperor of Ethiopia|atse]]'']. Until today she rules with complete independence in her own country and the frontier areas of the country of the ''Haḍani'', in the southern part of [the country of] the ''habashi''.{{efn|Habasha is the Arabic form of the toponym "Abyssinia" (Ethiopia) {{harv|Tamrat|1972|p=39}}.}}{{sfn|Andersen|2000|p=32}}}}

Another historian mentions that the king of [[Yemen]] sent a [[zebra]] to the ruler of [[Iraq]] in 969/970, which he had received as a gift from the Queen of al-Habasha.{{sfn|Munro-Hay|1991|p=101}}