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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...
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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...
- the
church Wuqir Meskale Kristos,
where the
mummified corpses of
several Wagshums lies.
Philip Briggs speculates that this town may be
identified with the...
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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...
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claims of
Solomonic descent were
never widely accepted.
Following Tewodros,
Wagshum Gobeze claimed the
throne linking himself to the last
independent Gondarine...
- 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...
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until their return in 1799. Later, in the mid-19th century, one of the
Wagshums ascended the
imperial throne as
Tekle Giyorgis II.
Under Emperor Menelik...
- 28, 1868, for the parti****tion of
British forces in his
fight against Wagshum Gobeze.
Napier refused but
maintained the possibility,
after the campaign...
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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...
- 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...
