Gārad Kǝnfu
Names
birth: ጋረድ፡ ክንፉ፡↗ normalized: Gārad Kǝnfu↗ horse: አባ፡ ግልብጥ፡↗ normalized: ʾAbbā Gǝlbǝṭ↗ lǝǧ role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He was the son of daǧǧāmāč role: title Kǝnfu Ḫaylu ↗ who ruled Dambǝyā↗ province from 1831 until his death in 1839.Through him, Gārad Kǝnfu was related to ? Tewodros II↗ . He is noted as one of the rebels against Tewodros II↗ , in Dambǝyā↗ and Walqāyt↗ . In 1860, he emerged as as an ally of Nǝguśe Wäldä Mikaʾel↗ , at the time he was the most prominent opponent of Tewodros II↗ . In a skirmish outside Gondar↗ , Gārad killed Walter Chichele Plowden↗
Death
He, in turn, was killed in revenge by Tewodros II↗ in a battle in Waldǝbba↗ in1860.
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Names
- birth: ጋረድ፡ ክንፉ፡ gez
- horse: አባ፡ ግልብጥ፡ gez
- lǝǧ role: title
Dates
Period of activity: 1839–1860
Death: 1860
Occupation
rebel
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Crummey, D. 2005. ‘Garäd Kǝnfu’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 697b.
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Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, Solomon Gebreyes, ʻGārad Kǝnfuʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2018-11-15) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS4507GaradKe [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
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- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: added information on 15.11.2018
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Complete record on 14.11.2018
- 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
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