Joel of Makuria

Joel was a 15th-century king of the Christian kingdom of Makuria in late medieval Nubia.

Joel is one of the last kings of Christian Nubia in the historical record. He is known from a graffito in the Faras Cathedral, an inscription in the Church of Tamit, a 1484 letter from the settlement Gebel Adda, and an additional inscription. That multiple attentions survive may be of significance.^{[citation needed]}

Joel ruled shortly before the remaining Christian states in Nubia vanished. He had at least one vassal, "King Tienossi" (ⲧⲓⲉⲛⲟⲥⲥⲏ ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲁ)^[1] of Ilenat. Dotawo was likely conquered by the Mamluks under Qaitbay at some point before 1496.^{[citation needed]}