The British expert on Ethiopia, Edward Ullendorff, stated that Zara Yaqob "was unquestionably the greatest ruler Ethiopia had seen since Ezana, during the heyday of Aksumite power, and none of his successors on the throne – excepted only the emperors Menelik II and Haile Selassie – can be compared to him."
O experto británico en Etiopía, Edward Ullendorff, expuxo que Zara Yaqob "foi incuestionabelmente o gobernante máis grande de Etiopía vera desde Ezana, durante o apoxeo do poder aksumita, e ningún dos seus sucesores no trono – exceptuando só os emperadores Menelik II e Haile Selassie – pódense comparar con el."