Introduction: The Ethiopic manuscripts containing histories of Alexander. The origin and travels of the Alexander story. - The Ethiopic version of the Pseudo-Callisthenes. - The history of Alexander by Al-Makîn. -The history of Alexander by Abû Shâker. - The history of Alexander by Joseph Ben-Gorion. - An anonymous history of the death of Alexander. - A Christian romance of Alexander the Great. - The history of the blessed men who lived in the days of Jeremiah the prophet. - Appendix: The prophecy of Daniel concerning Alexander's kingdom. I Maccabees I. 1-6. Extract from the chronicle of John Mudabbar.