Maḥammad ʾAli
Solomon Gebreyes
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Names
birth: መሐመድ አሊ፡↗ normalized: Maḥammad ʾAli↗ horse: አባ፡ ሻንቆ፡↗ normalized: ʾAbbā Šānqo↗ baptismal: ሚካኤል፡↗ normalized: Mikāʾel↗ imām role: title ↗ nǝguś role: title ↗
Birth
He was born at Wärrä Himäno↗ between1847-1850.
Period of Activity
He was an important ruler of Walloo↗ and the entire northern Ethiopia. He was born Muslim and later converted to Christianity in 1878, at the council of Boru Meda↗ and assumed the baptismal name Mikaʾel. He was in alliance with ʾaṣe Yoḥannǝs IV↗ until his death in 1889 at the battle of መተማ፡↗ . However, after the death of ʾaṣe Yoḥannǝs IV↗ , he declared his submission to Mǝnilǝk↗ to whom he was loyal till the end of his rule. He was one of the military commanders of the battle of ʿĀdwā↗
Death
He was killed at the battle of Sägäle↗ in 1916.
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Names
- birth: መሐመድ አሊ፡ gez
- horse: አባ፡ ሻንቆ፡ gez
- baptismal: ሚካኤል፡ gez
- imām role: title
- nǝguś role: title
Dates
Birth: 1847–1850
Period of activity: 1870–1916
Death: 1916
Occupation
King
Residence
Dase↗
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Rubinkowska, H. and W. Smidt 2007. ‘Mikaʾel ʿAli’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 957a–959a.
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Asnake Ali 1983. Aspects of the Political History of Wallo, 1872-1916 Addis Ababa University (1983).
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Ficquet, É. 2003. ‘Boru Meda’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, I (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003), 609a-b.
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻMaḥammad ʾAliʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2018-08-20) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS7079Mikael [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: addition on 20.8.2018
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Correction on 3.5.2017
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Complete record on 27.3.2017
- 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