Gabru
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ገብሩ፡↗ normalized: Gabru↗ alt: ገብረ፡ ክርስቶስ፡↗ normalized: Gabra Krǝstos↗ wag šum role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He was aTǝgryan who was appointed by ʾaṣe role: title ↗ over Wag↗ . He replaced wag šum role: title ↗ who was removed from office for not accompanying the Emperor in his wars against the Egyptians. Shortly after his appointment, there was a rebellion led by the relatives of Täklä Giyorgis II↗ . The rebellion occurred in 1878when he had accompanied ʾaṣe Yoḥannǝs IV↗ into Šawā↗ , but it was easily suppressed. Gabru was then transferred to Dambǝyā↗ in 1882. He fought and defeated the Mahdist forces near Qallābāt↗ in July 1885.
Death
1885
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Names
- birth: ገብሩ፡ gez
- alt: ገብረ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ gez
- wag šum role: title
Dates
Period of activity: 1877–1882
Death: 1885
Occupation
governor
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Wudu Tafete 2005. ‘Gäbru’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 633a.
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Wudu Tafete 1995. A Political History of Wag and Lasta, c. 1543-1919 Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University (1995).
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Alessandro Bausi, Solomon Gebreyes, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻGabruʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-09-13) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS4395GabruG [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Complete record on 13.9.2017
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: batch updated according to requirements and issues. on 28.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: CREATED: person on 9.2.2016
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor