Kandake

**Kandake**, **kadake** ko **kentake** ( Meroitic : 𐦲𐦷𐦲𐦡 **kdke** ko 𐦲𐦴𐦲𐦡 **ktke** ), **galibi** ana kiran ta da harshen latinawa a matsayin **Candace** ( a tsohuwar yaran girkawa     ), shine kalmar Meroitic ga 'yar'uwar Sarkin Kush wanda, saboda halifancin mace, zai ɗauki magajin na gaba, yana mai da ita sarauniyar sarauniyar sa . Tana da kotunan da kanta, wataƙila ta mallaki mai mallakar ƙasa  kuma tana da babban matsayi na duniya kamar sarki.  Asalin Girkanci da na asalin Rome sunyi amfani da shi, ba daidai ba, a matsayin suna. Sunan Candace ya samo asali ne daga yadda ake amfani da kalmar a cikin Sabon Alkawari ( Acts 8:27 ).    kuma ita wannan sarauniya ta kasance mazauniyar ƙasar Misra na yanzu.  

## Bayanan ilmin kimiya na kayan tarihi
Abubuwan kwanciyar hankali da aka tsara a ƙarshen 170 BC sun bayyana kentake Shanakdakheto, sanye da kayan makamai da ɗaukar mashi a cikin yaƙi. Ba ta yi sarauta a matsayin sarauniya ko mahaifiyar sarauniya ba, amma a matsayin mai cikakken mulki mai cikakken iko. Mijinta shi ne mataimaki. Shanakdakheto a cikin abubuwan da suka samo asali daga rukunin gine-ginen da ta sanya, Shanakdakheto an baiyana su duka biyu tare da mijinta da ɗanta, waɗanda za su gaji gadon sarauta ta mutu.     

## Maɓuɓɓuka na Greco-Roman
Pliny ya rubuta cewa "Sarauniyar Habashawa " ta da taken lakabi da *Candace*, kuma ya nuna cewa Habashawa sun ci Siriya da Bahar Rum na zamanin da.  

A cikin 25 BC kafin Kush kandake Amanirenas, kamar yadda Strabo ya ruwaito, ya kai hari kan garin Syene, Aswan na yau, a yankin daular Rome ; Sarki Augustus ya lalata garin Napata da daukar fansa.   

Cassius Dio ya rubuta cewa sojojin Kandake sun ci gaba har zuwa Elephantine a Masar, to amma Petronius ya ci su kuma ya ci Napata, babban birninsu, da sauran garuruwa.  

Sarakunan Afirka huɗu sun san Greco-Roman duniya a matsayin "acesan sarari": Amanishakheto, Amanirenas, Nawidemak, da Malegereabar . [10] 

## Amfani da na Baibul

A cikin Sabon Alkawari, wani ma'aikacin baitulmali na  Candace, sarauniyar Habasha , da ta dawo daga tafiya zuwa Urushalima, ta sadu da Philip mai wa'azin Bishara :  Yanzu wani mala'ikan Ubangiji ya ce wa Filibus, "Tashi ka tafi wajen kudu zuwa hanyar da ke gangarowa daga Urushalima zuwa Gaza." Wannan hamada ce. Kuma ya tashi ya tafi. Kuma akwai wani Bahabashe, baban, ma'aikaciya a kotu ta Candace, sarauniyar Habasha, wanda ke lura da dukiyar ta. Ya zo Urushalima ne domin yin sujada   Wataƙila sarauniyar da ta damu da Amantarwa (AD 22-41). 

Ya tattauna da Filipin game da ma'anar rukunin rikicewa daga littafin Ishaya .  Filibus ya bayyana masa nassin kuma an yi masa baftisma nan da nan a wani ruwa kusa. Bawan ya 'yi tafiyarsa yana murna',  saboda haka mai yiwuwa ne ya ba da labarin komawarsa zuwa ga Kandake. 

## Tarihin Alezandariya

Wata tatsuniya a cikin tsohuwar soyayya ta Alexander da ke cewa "Candace na Mero fought " ta yaƙi Alexander the Great .  Haƙiƙa, Alexander bai taɓa kaiwa Nubia hari ba kuma bai taɓa yunƙurin ƙaura zuwa kudu fiye da rafin Siwa a Misira ba .   Labarin shi ne cewa lokacin da Alexander yayi ƙoƙarin mamaye ƙasashe ta a cikin 332 kafin haihuwar Yesu, sai ta shirya dakarunta na dabarun haɗuwa da shi kuma yana nan kan giwayen yaƙi lokacin da ya kusanto. Da yake tantance ƙarfin rundunarta, Alexander ya yanke shawarar ficewa daga Nubia, ya nufi Masar maimakon. Wani labari ya ce Alexander da Candace sun yi soyayya da juna. 

Wadannan asusun sun samo asali ne daga "The Alexander Romance " ta wani marubucin da ba a san shi ba wanda ake kira Pseudo-Callisthenes, kuma aikin babban labarin almara ne da tarihin rayuwar Alexander.  An nakalto shi, amma da alama babu wani tarihin tarihi game da wannan taron daga lokacin Alexander. Duk labarin Alexander da haɗuwa da Candace sun bayyana da almara.   

John Malalas ya haɗa kayan Pseudo-Callisthenes da sauran kuma ya rubuta game da al'amuran Alexander da Kandake, yana ƙara da cewa sun yi aure. Malalas kuma ya rubuta cewa Kandake yar sarauniya ce ta Indiya kuma Alexander ya gamu da ita yayin kamfen dinsa na Indiya .    

## Kandakes na Kush

* Shanakdakhete (177 KZ - 155 K.Z.) (sarauniyar sarauniya da aka fi sani a da) 
* Amanirenas (40 KZ - 10 KZ) 
* Amanishakheto (c. 10 K.Z. — 1 AZ) 
* Amanitore (1-20 AZ) 
* Amantarwa (22-41 CE) 
* Amanikhatashan (62–85 AZ) 
* Maleqorobar (266–283 CE) 
* Lahideamani (306-314 AZ)  

## Manazartai

## Hanyoyin sadarwa na waje

* Candace na Habasha (Kush) | Marg Mowczko