Gʷašǝn
Solomon Gebreyes
Period of Activity
He was a Beta ʾƎsrāʾel↗ leader during the reign of ʾaṣe role: title Śarḍa Dǝngǝl↗ . In 1586-87, he led unsuccessful raid in Wagarā↗ against ʾaṣe role: title Śarḍa Dǝngǝl↗ which ended with the captivity of hundreds of Beta ʾƎsrāʾel↗ , massacre of a number of them and the enslavement of women and children.
Death
He died in 1587 at Warq ʾAmbā↗ .
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Names
- birth: ጐሸን፡ gez
- alt: ጎሸን፡ gez
Dates
Period of activity: 1563–1587
Death: 1587
Occupation
ruler
Faith
Judaism
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Kaplan, S. 1992. The Beta Israel (Falasha) in Ethiopia: From Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century (New York, NY–London: New York University Press, 1992).
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Weil, S. 2005. ‘Gwäšǝn’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 940a-b.
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Halévy, J. 1905. ‘La guerre de Sarṣa-Dĕngĕl contre les Falashas. Texte éthiopien, extrait des annales de Sarṣa-Dĕngĕl, roi d’Éthiopie (1563-1597), manuscrit de la Bibliothèque nationale n°. 143, fol. 159r°, col. 2 - fol. 171v°, col. 1’, Revue Sémitique, 14 (1905), 392–427.
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Halévy, J. 1906. ‘La guerre de Sarṣa-Dĕngĕl contre les Falashas. Texte éthiopien, extrait des annales de Sarṣa-Dĕngĕl, roi d’Éthiopie (1563-1597), manuscrit de la Bibliothèque nationale n°. 143, fol. 159r°, col. 2 - fol. 171v°, col. 1’, Revue Sémitique, 15 (1906), 119–163, 263–287.
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