Iyasu I or Joshua I, (Ge'ez: ኢያሱ ፩), also known as Iyasu the Great (1654 – 13 October 1706), was Emperor of Ethiopia, throne name Adyam Sagad, (አድያም ሰገድ ädyam sägäd, "to whom the confines of the earth bow") from 19 July 1682 until his death, he was a member of the Solomonic dynasty and was the son of Yohannes I and Empress Sabla Wangel. According to , Iyasu "owed his reputation partly to the mildness of his character, exemplified in his treatment of the princes on Wehni in his first year, and his attention to religious matters, and partly to his abdication, retirement, and murder."