Gabra Śǝllāse Walda ʾAragāy
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ገብረ፡ ሥላሴ፡ ወልደ፡ አረጋይ፡↗ normalized: Gabra Śǝllāse Walda ʾAragāy↗ Ṣaḥāfe tǝʾǝzāz role: title >Nǝbura ʾǝd role: title ↗
Birth
He was born at Dabra Bǝrhan↗ in 1844.
Period of Activity
He was ʾaṣe role: title Mǝnilǝk II↗ 's private secretary and minister of Pen. He was also served as the dean of the churches of ʾƎnṭoṭṭo Rāguʾel↗ near ʾAddis ʾAbabā↗ and ʾAddis ʾAlam Māryām↗ . He began his career as a clerk in the court of wayzaro role: title Bāfanā↗ and was transferred to the service of the king in the late1870s. In 1889, he was promoted to the position of Ṣaḥāfe tǝʾǝzāz role: title ↗ and was thereafter regarded as one of the most influential officials of ʾaṣe role: title Mǝnilǝk II↗ . In 1907 he was appointed Minister of the Pen. Around 1910 he moved to Addis ʿAläm↗ with the title ?.
Death
He died at ʾAddis ʾAbabā↗ in 1912.
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Names
- birth: ገብረ፡ ሥላሴ፡ ወልደ፡ አረጋይ፡ gez
- Ṣaḥāfe tǝʾǝzāz role: title>Nǝbura ʾǝd role: title
Dates
Birth: 1844
Period of activity: 1870–1912
Death: 1912
Occupation
chronicler
Residence
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Bairu Tafla 2005. ‘Gäbrä Śǝllase Wäldä Arägay’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 628b–629a.
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Marcus, H. G. 1975. The Life and Times of Menelik II: Ethiopia, 1844–1913 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975).
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Bairu Tafla 1967. ‘Three Portraits: Ato Aṣmä Giyorgis, Ras Gobäna and Ṣäḥafé Tezaz Gäbrä Selassé (1844-1912)’, Journal of Ethiopian Studies, 5/3 (1967), 133–138. page 133-138
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- Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Added information. on 13.12.2019
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Complete record on 25.1.2017
- 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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