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Wolde Selassie

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Wolde Selassie (Geez: ዎልደስላሴ; c.1745 - 28 May 1816) was a Ras of Ethiopia and warlord of Tigray. [1]

28 relations: Abuna, Abuna Qerellos III, Aligaz of Yejju, Antalo, Baeda Maryam II, Chalacot, Chess, Egwale Seyon, Emperor of Ethiopia, Enderta Province, Ethiopia, Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles, Ge'ez, George Annesley, 2nd Earl of Mountnorris, Gojjam, Gondar, Gugsa of Yejju, Hamasien, Henry Salt (Egyptologist), Mansfield Parkyns, Mikael Sehul, Nathaniel Pearce, Smallpox, Tekle Giyorgis I, Tigray Province, Viscount Valentia, Wegera (woreda), Yohannes IV.

Abuna

Abun (in Europe erroneously known as Abuna, which is the status constructus form used when a name follows: Ge'ez አቡነ ’abuna/abune, 'our father'; Amharic and Tigrinya) is the honorific title used for any bishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church as well as of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

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Abuna Qerellos III

Qerellos III was an Abuna, or head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (1816 - 1828?).

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Aligaz of Yejju

Aligaz of Yejju (died 1803) was a Ras of Begemder, and Inderase (regent) of the Emperor of Ethiopia.

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Antalo

Antalo (አንጣሎ, anṭalo also Hentalo) is a small village located in the Debub Misraqawi (Southeastern) Zone of the Tigray Region, it lies on a plateau with an elevation variously reported as 2050 to 2102 meters above sea level.

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Baeda Maryam II

Baeda Maryam II was nəgusä nägäst (15 April – December 1795) of Ethiopia.

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Chalacot

Chalacot or Chelekot is a village in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.

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Chess

Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid.

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Egwale Seyon

Egwale Seyon (Ge'ez እጓለ ጽዮን; died 12 June 1818) or Gwalu (ጓሉ) was nəgusä nägäst (throne name Newaya Sagad; June 1801 – 12 June 1818) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty.

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Emperor of Ethiopia

The Emperor of Ethiopia (ንጉሠ ነገሥት, nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings") was the hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975.

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Enderta Province

Enderta or Inderta (Geez: እንደርታ) is a former historical province of Ethiopia; it is located in the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands.

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Ethiopia

Ethiopia (ኢትዮጵያ), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ, yeʾĪtiyoṗṗya Fēdēralawī Dēmokirasīyawī Rīpebilīk), is a country located in the Horn of Africa.

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Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles

Until the end of the Ethiopian monarchy in 1974, there were two categories of nobility in Ethiopia.

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Ge'ez

Ge'ez (ግዕዝ,; also transliterated Giʻiz) is an ancient South Semitic language and a member of the Ethiopian Semitic group.

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George Annesley, 2nd Earl of Mountnorris

George Annesley, 2nd Earl of Mountnorris FRS (4 December 1770 – 23 July 1844), styled Viscount Valentia between 1793 and 1816, was a British peer and politician.

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Gojjam

Gojjam (Amharic: ጎጃም gōjjām or Goǧǧam, originally ጐዛም gʷazzam, later ጐዣም gʷažžām, ጎዣም gōžžām) was a kingdom in the north-western part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debre Marqos.

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Gondar

Gondar or Gonder (Amharic: ጎንደር, Gonder or Gondär; formerly ጐንደር, Gʷandar or Gʷender) is a city and separate woreda in Ethiopia.

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Gugsa of Yejju

Gugsa of Yejju (died 23 May 1825) was a Ras of Begemder (circa 1798 until his death), and Inderase (regent) of the Emperor of Ethiopia.

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Hamasien

Hamasien (Tigrinya: ሓማሴን) As the bible Ge'ez teachings teaches that the name hamasien was made up by the mixing of the names of Ham and Shem in Ge'ez "Esien" Because this people were made up by the mixing of Ham and Shem As the inhabitants of the hamasien and some other regions in Eritrea are of Semitic origin, a branch of Afroasiatic.

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Henry Salt (Egyptologist)

Henry Salt (14 June 178030 October 1827) was an English artist, traveller, collector of antiquities, diplomat, and Egyptologist.

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Mansfield Parkyns

Mansfield Parkyns (16 February 1823 – 12 January 1894) was an English traveller, known for his travel book Life in Abyssinia: being notes collected during three years' residence and travels in that country (1853).

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Mikael Sehul

Mikael Sehul (Tigrinya "Mikael the Astute" – his name at birth was Blatta Mikael; c. 1691 – 23 June 1779) was a Ras or governor of Tigray 1748–71 and again from 1772 until his death.

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Nathaniel Pearce

Nathaniel Pearce (14 February 1779 – 12 August 1820) was an explorer who spent many years in Abyssinia (present-day Ethiopia) and wrote a journal of his experiences.

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Smallpox

Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by one of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor.

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Tekle Giyorgis I

Tekle Giyorgis I (ተክለ ጊዮርጊስ "Plant of Saint George"; c. 1751 – 12 December 1817) was Emperor of Ethiopia (throne name Feqr Sagad) intermittently between 20 July 1779 and June 1800, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty.

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Tigray Province

Tigray was a province of the Ethiopian Empire and of the PDRE until 1995.

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Viscount Valentia

Viscount Valentia is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.

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Wegera (woreda)

Wegera or Wogera is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.

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Yohannes IV

Yohannes IV (Ge'ez: ፬ኛ ዮሓንስ, Āratenya Yōḥānnis; horse name "Abba Bezba"; 11 July 1837 – 10 March 1889), born Lij Kaśa Mercha and contemporaneously also known in English as Johannes or John IV, was ruler of Tigray 1867-71, and Emperor of Ethiopia ("King of Zion" and "King of Kings" of Ethiopia) 1872-89 is remembered as one of the leading architects of the modern state of Ethiopia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolde_Selassie

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