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The title of Jantirar is among the oldest in the Ethiopian Ethiopian Empire. Empress Menen , consort of Emperor Haile Selassie , was the daughter of Jantirar Asfaw . Merid Azmach (መርዕድ አዝማች märəd ’azmač , "Fearsome Commander" or "supreme general") – This title is related to " Dejazmach " or " Qeñazmach " above.
As a result of this loss, northwestern Ethiopia was open to the Mahdists who followed up their victory by entering, sacking, and burning Gondar. [11] Joseph Ohrwalder testified to the brutality that took place during the sack of Gondar: […] The road to Gondar, the former capital of Abyssinia, was now clear, and Abu Anga advanced towards it ...
[22] 6 names from "The Snake" to Makeda, 21 names from Menelik I to Bazen, 31 names from Sartu to Ahywa, 33 names from Abreha and Atsbeha to Gebre Meskel. D: 66 names from Ebna Hakim to Dil Na'od. Based on 6 documents. Witnesses include Pedro Páez, Melchior da Silva and Manuel de Almeida. 24 13 29 Pedro Páez's List 1 (66 names).
The Zemene Mesafint (Ge'ez: ዘመነ መሳፍንት, variously translated "Era of Judges", "Era of the Princes", etc.; taken from the biblical Book of Judges) was a period in Ethiopian history between the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries when the country was ruled by a class of Oromo elite noblemen who replaced Habesha nobility in their courts, making the emperor merely a figurehead. [1]
Until the Ethiopian Revolution of 1974, the heads of state of Ethiopia were either emperors or regents. From the coup d'état of the Derg leading to the fall of the empire in September 1974 until March 1975, the Derg considered the crown prince Asfaw Wossen (later regnal name Amha Selassie ) as the king (not emperor) and the nominal head of ...
Jantirar is borne historically by the head of the family holding the mountain fortress of Ambassel in Ethiopia; similar to Wagshum, the hereditary ruler of the province of Wag, and unlike other aristocratic titles like meridazmach or ras. While that artistocratic family is said to be one of the most noble in Ethiopian history, they never ruled ...
Lij Iyasu was born on 4 February 1895 in the city of Dessie, in the Wollo province of Ethiopia. Iyasu’s father was a Muslim ruler of Wollo and was of mostly Oromo descent, while his mother Woizero ("Lady") Shoaregga, was a Shewan Amhara and the eldest daughter of Emperor Menelik II.
Imperial Flag of Ethiopia Imperial Coat of Arms of Ethiopia. This article lists the emperors of Ethiopia, from the founding of the Ethiopian Empire and the Solomonic dynasty in 1270 by Yekuno Amlak, until the Ethiopian Revolution of 1974 when the last emperor was deposed.