Wasan Sagad
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ወሰን፡ ሰገድ፡↗ normalized: Wasan Sagad↗ baptismal: ወልደ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡↗ normalized: Walda Giyorgis↗ horse: አባ፡ ዳማ፡↗ normalized: ʾAbbā Dāmā↗ marǝd ʾazmāč role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He was the sixth ruler of the kingdom of Šawā↗ from about 1808 to 1812/13. He rebelled against his father marǝdʾazmāč role: title ʾAsfā Wasan↗ fearing the rivalry of his half-brother ʾIyoʾas↗ . But he was defeated and taken prisoner. Later,ʾAsfā Wasan↗ reconciled, released him from captivity and declared him his official heir. Following the death of his father, marǝd ʾazmāč role: title ʾAsfā Wasan (ʾAmmǝḫā ʾIyasus) ↗ , Wasan Sagad↗ chose Qwǝndi↗ instead of the seats of his father, Dabra Bǝrhan↗ and ʾAnkobar↗ .
Death
He was murdered by one of his slaves at Qwǝndi↗ .
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Names
- birth: ወሰን፡ ሰገድ፡ gez
- baptismal: ወልደ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ gez
- horse: አባ፡ ዳማ፡ gez
- marǝd ʾazmāč role: title
Dates
Period of activity: 1808–1813
Death: 1812–1813
Occupation
ruler
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Editions Bibliography Secondary Bibliography
Editions Bibliography
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Ḫeruy Walda Śellāsē 1980. Die Geschichte von Šawā (Äthiopien) 1700-1865: nach dem Tārika Nagaśt des belāttēn gētā Ḫeruy Walda Śellāsē, tr. Asfa-Wossen Asserate, Studien zur Kulturkunde, 53 (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, 1980).
Secondary Bibliography
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Darkwah, R. H. K. 1975. Shewa, Menilek and the Ethiopian Empire: 1813–1889 (London: Heinemann, 1975).
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Dege, S. 2010. ‘Wäsän Sägäd’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 1153b–1154a.
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Nosnitsin, D. 2010. ‘Šäwa: Province of Šäwa’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 554a–558b.
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- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: complete record on 22.11.2016
- 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
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