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Wehni (Amharic: ወህኒ) is the name of one of the
mountains of
Ethiopia where most of the male
heirs to the
Emperor of
Ethiopia were interned,
usually for...
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Giyorgis acted on this by
bringing Yohannes down from the
royal prison on
Wehni to rule, but
before Yohannes could be
proclaimed emperor,
Bakaffa revealed...
- Salomon, Azaj Sal****ie
Barya brought Tekle Giyorgis from the
royal prison on
Wehni as a
pretender to the throne.
Salomon responded by
marching out from Gondar;...
- 1666,
following his son Dawit's rebellion,
Fasilides had him
imprisoned in
Wehni. The
emperor himself died a year
later and was laid to rest in a monastery...
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Yohannes II by
Woizero Sancheviyar, born at the
Imperial prison of
Mount Wehni. The
Scottish explorer James Bruce (who was in
Ethiopia from
September 1769...
- from the
reign of
Fasilides (1632–1667)
until the mid-18th century, at
Wehni.
Rumors of
these royal mountain residences were part of the inspiration...
- Krestos. The
council then
imprisoned the
other sons of
Fasilides on
Mount Wehni,
continuing the
practice Fasilides had revived.
Yohannes was the eldest...
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Hailu Adara and
Kenfu Adam had him
brought down from the
royal prison at
Wehni and made him
emperor in 1779.
According to E. A.
Wallis Budge, the emperor...
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Emperor Iyasu II.
Hezqeyas had been
confined to the
royal prison on
Mount Wehni until freed by his supporters, and had
little influence over the
early events...
- woredas.
Rivers in
Belessa include the Balagas. A
notable landmark is
Mount Wehni,
where the
former royal prison of the
heirs to the
throne of the Emperor...
