- 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...
-
Jehoash of Israel,
Hebrew ruler (reign c. 798–782 BCE)
Iyoas I (d. 1769),
Emperor of
Ethiopia Iyoas II (d. 1821),
Emperor of
Ethiopia Yehoash (poet), pen...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
-
emperor during the 1720s or 1730s. Then, later,
following the
murder of
Iyoas I in 1769, Ras
Mikael Sehul summoned the late Emperor's great-uncle, Yohannes...
-
group of
nobles persuaded her to
instead become regent for her
grandson Iyoas I.
Iyasu II had two wives. The
first Amhara woman, with whom he had three...
