ʾAlulā ʾƎngǝdā
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: አሉላ፡ እንግዳ፡↗ normalized: ʾAlulā ʾƎngǝdā↗ horse: አባ፡ ነጋ፡↗ normalized: ʾAbbā Naggā↗ nick: ወዲ፡ ቁቢ፡↗ normalized: Waddi Qubbi↗ rās role: title ↗
Birth
1847
Period of Activity
He was one of the most important Ethiopian national heroes. He started as an aškar in the court of Arʾaya Śǝllase↗ and was transferred to the service of dāǧǧāzmāč role: title Kāśā Mǝrč̣ā↗ after Arʾaya Śǝllase↗ was imprisoned by Tewodros II↗ . After Kāśā captured power as ʾaṣe role: title ↗ he had become his favourite administrator and chief soldier. He then started making his name as a brilliant military tactician in the battles of Gundät↗ in 1875 and Guraʿ↗ in 1876 against the invading Egyptian expeditions. For the next 20 years he played a major role in Ethiopia's history from social obscurity to political prominence.
Death
He died at ʾAksum↗ in 1897.
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Names
- birth: አሉላ፡ እንግዳ፡ gez
- horse: አባ፡ ነጋ፡ gez
- nick: ወዲ፡ ቁቢ፡ gez
- rās role: title
Dates
Birth: 1847
Period of activity: 1897–1870
Death: 1897
Occupation
governor
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Erlich, H. 2003. ‘Alula Ǝngǝda’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, I (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003), 211a–213b.page 1-46, 287-327
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Erlich, H. 1976. ‘A Contemporrary Biography of the Ras Alula: a Gǝʿǝz manuscript from Mänäwe, Tämben’, Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London, 1 (1976), 1–46, 287–327.page 1-46, 287-327
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻʾAlulā ʾƎngǝdāʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 24.5.2017) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS1777Alulaen [Accessed: 2024-04-24+02:00]
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- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Complete record on 24.5.2017
- 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
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