Definition of Wagshum. Meaning of Wagshum. Synonyms of Wagshum

- military officer next to the Emperor. Wagshum (ዋግሹም wagšum) – governor (or shum) of the province of Wag. The Wagshum was a hereditary title, and these rulers...
- Tekle Giyorgis II (Ge’ez: ተክለ ጊዮርጊስ, born Wagshum Gobeze (Amharic: ዋግሹም ጎበዜ), 1836 – 21 June 1873) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1868 to 1871. After being...
- Mikael: 6,000 rifles / 5,000 horses Gondar; Ras Olié: 8,000 rifles Lasta; Wagshum Guangul: 6,000 rifles In addition there were ~20,000 spearmen and swordsmen...
- claims of Solomonic descent were never widely accepted. Following Tewodros, Wagshum Gobeze claimed the throne linking himself to the last independent Gondarine...
- most powerful Ethiopian princes in the north, Dajamach K****ai of Tigray, Wagshum Gobeze of Lasta and Menelik II of Shewa pledged to cooperate and aid the...
- Bitwoded Tessema 4. Negadras Haile Giyorgis Woldemikael 5. Lij Iyasu 6. Wagshum Kebede Tafari 7. Leul Dejazmatch Haile Sel****ie Gugsa 8. Dejazmach Gebresel****ie...
- Menen Asfaw who ruled over the mountain fortress of Amb****el in Wollo; Wagshum, a title created for the descendants of the deposed Zagwe dynasty; and...
- Hailu Kebede (Amharic: ሃይሉ ከበደ; c.1893/94-1937) was Wagshum and governor of Wag and Lasta in the 1920s. He then became a leader of the resistance Arbegnoch...
- prince of Selale. She was a cousin to Emperor Menelik II. She married Wagshum Hailu, chief of Lasta, in 1868. They had a son in 1881, K****a Haile Darge...
- the church Wuqir Meskale Kristos, where the mummified corpses of several Wagshums lies. Philip Briggs speculates that this town may be identified with the...