Definition of Mesafint. Meaning of Mesafint. Synonyms of Mesafint

- 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...
- categories of nobility in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Mesafint (Ge'ez: መሳፍንት masāfint, modern transcription mesāfint, singular መስፍን masfin, modern mesfin, "prince")...
- under a decentralization known as Zemene Mesafint in the mid-18th century. Emperor Tewodros II ended Zemene Mesafint at the beginning of his reign in 1855...
- his immediate relations and descendants known collectively as Enderta Mesafint would rule the Tigrinya speaking provinces for more than 120 years until...
- al-Habasha are the forefathers of the latter known Yejju people of the Zemene Mesafint period. The Oromo partially ****imilated the Yejju and called them by the...
- Mesfin, also Mesafint (Prince / Princes), was the title for the princes of the imperial family in the Ethiopian Empire and the highest dignitaries outside...
- intermittently between 1832 and 11 February 1855, towards the end of the Zemene Mesafint. He was largely a figurehead, with real power in the hands of Ras Ali II...
- realm eventually entered a period of decentralization, known as the Zemene Mesafint where regional warlords fought for power, with the emperor being a mere...
- would culminate in the conquests of his descendant Menelik II. Zemene Mesafint Henry Salt (1814). A Voyage to Abyssinia. London: W. Bulmer and Co. p. 472...
- Zagwe dynasty Kingdom of Kaffa Ethiopian–Adal War Gondarine period Zemene Mesafint Menelik's Expansions Italo-Ethiopian wars 1887–89 First Second World War...