- the
capital city of Gondar, and
convinced Iyoas to
support Badi abu Shalukh, the
exiled king of Sennar.
Iyoas made Badi
governor of Ras al-Fil
along the...
- near-contemporary of
Iyoas,
states he was "efficiently
sustained by Ras Gugsa, who was his firm support, or
rather his superior." With
Iyoas'
death an interregnum...
- for himself.
Iyoas'
reign becomes a
narrative of the
struggle between the
powerful Ras
Mikael Sehul and the
Oromo relatives of
Iyoas.
Iyoas effectively...
- of
Emperor Bakaffa,
mother (and regent) of
Iyasu II and
grandmother of
Iyoas I. She was also
known officially by her
baptismal name of
Walatta Giyorgis...
-
Mikael Sehul, a
regent in
Tigray Province,
seized Gondar,
killing the
child Iyoas I in 1769, the
reigning emperor, and
installed 70-year-old
Yohannes II....
-
Iyoas was
forced to
appeal to the
powerful warlord Mikael Sehul. Ras
Mikael thus
became master of Gondar. In May 1767, Ras
Mikael Sehul killed Iyoas and...
-
Gigar had been a monk for many years, when on the
death of his
brother Iyoas II he was
proclaimed Emperor.
Although he "laid
aside the cowl of St. Anthony...
- (1716–1721) Bakaffa,
Emperor (1721–1730)
Iyasu II,
Emperor (1730–1755)
Iyoas I,
Emperor (1755–1769)
Zemene Mesafint Yohannes II,
Emperor (1769) Tekle...
-
Iyasu the
Great Tekle Haymanot I
Tewoflos Yostos Dawit III
Bakaffa Iyasu II
Iyoas I Era of the
Princes (1769–1855)
Yohannes II
Tekle Haymanot II Susenyos...
- men and arm them with muskets.
During the
reign of
Iyasu II's
successor Iyoas I,
Dejazmach Mikael found himself the
beneficiary of two
dynastic ties to...
