Salomon II
Salomon II ሰሎሞን | |
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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo |
Salomon II (
Reign
Salomon was made Emperor by
Despite the consensus of the major nobles of the Empire to support Salomon, Azaj
This victory was followed, however, with a battle at Sabisabar between Ras Haile Yosadiq and Kenfu Adam. Kenfu Adam was victorious, and Emperor Salomon, who was with Ras Haile Yosadiq, was captured by Kenfu Adam and became Kenfu's figurehead. Salomon shortly afterwards convinced Dejazmach Hailu Eshte to join forces with him and Kenfu; the Dejazmach did so after peace was first established between the two enemies. Together the allies raided Filakit Gereger, then the capital of Begemder province; Boqatu, who had succeeded his brother Wand Bewossen as governor on the latter's death, was forced to flee his palace in Felakit Gereger.[6]
Not long after a second battle was fought against Boqatu, which went badly for Salomon and his supporters. Kenfu Adam and Hailu Adara then conspired to make Tekle Giyorgis emperor and brought him down from Wehni once again. Kenfu Adam went to Dera, against the wishes of Emperor Salomon, then attempted to seize Ras Hailu Yosadiq but failed; peace was made between them. At this point, Kenfu took both the Emperor and Tekle Giyorgis to his province of Damot, and on 17 July 1779 at Yebaba proclaimed Tekle Giyorgis the new emperor and announced that Salomon had become a monk.[7]
The latest chronological mention of Salomon in the Royal chronicle is when Emperor Tekle Giyorgis learned on 25 March 1780 that Kenfu Adam had brought Salomon down from Wehni to replace him as Emperor.[8] However Kenfu Adam was defeated in battle 25 May at Maryam Weha by Boqatu, leading Kenfu Adam to being imprisoned and Salomon presumably returned to the Royal prison on Wehni.[9]
Notes
- ^ Henry Salt, A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels into the Interior of that Country (1814), (London: Frank Cass, 1958), p. 474
- ^ Richard K. P. Pankhurst, History of Ethiopian Towns (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1982), p. 179
- H. Weld Blundell, The Royal chronicle of Abyssinia, 1769-1840 (Cambridge: University Press, 1922), p. 231
- ^ Weld Blundell, The Royal chronicle, p. 330
- ^ Weld Blundell, The Royal chronicle, p. 331
- ^ Weld Blundell, The Royal chronicle, pp. 332f
- ^ Weld Blundell, The Royal chronicle, pp. 231, 334
- ^ Weld Blundell, The Royal chronicle, p. 251
- ^ Weld Blundell, The Royal chronicle, p. 254