Tanśe Māmmo
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ተንሤ፡ ማሞ፡↗ normalized: Tanśe Māmmo↗ birth: ትንሳኤ፡ ማሞ፡↗ normalized: Tǝnsāʾe Māmmo↗ bitwaddad, daǧǧāzmāč role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He was a nobleman who in late1732 led a revolt against ʾIyāsu II↗ and the Qwārā↗ faction at court. He was one of ʾaṣe role: title Bakāffā↗ 's favoured officials, serving as bitwaddad role: titleTanśe Māmmo↗ in 1722 and as daǧǧāzmāč role: title Tanśe Māmmo ↗ and governor of Dāmot↗ . In 1731, ʾaṣe role: title ʾIyāsu II↗ appointed him ʾazzāž role: title Tǝnsāʾe Māmmo↗ of Yǝbabā↗ . He was angered by the maneuvering at the court upon ʾaṣe role: title Bakāffā↗ 's death in which Bǝrhān Mogasā↗ , wife of Bakāffā↗ , ʾIyāsu II↗ 's mother, and her Qwārā↗ n relatives hastily and secretly crowned ʾIyāsu II↗ , seizing control of throne and state. The rebellion he led lasted from 19 December 1732 to 2 January 1733 and involved eight days of siege of the royal compound. Tanśe and his allied group were finally defeated by Qwārā↗ 's forces. He was captured and publicly hanged in 1733.
Death
1733
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Names
- birth: ተንሤ፡ ማሞ፡ gez
- birth: ትንሳኤ፡ ማሞ፡ gez
- bitwaddad, daǧǧāzmāč role: title
Dates
Period of activity: 1722–1733
Death: 1733
Occupation
governor
Faith
EOTC
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Berry, L. B. 2010. ‘Tänśe Mammo’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 860a–861a.
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Kropp, M. 1982. ‘Zur Kurzen Chronik der äthiopischen Könge. 2: Die Rebellion des Tanse Mammo’, Oriens Christianus, 66 (1982), 144–188. page 144-188
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- Solomon Gebreyes Complete record on 16.10.2017
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo batch updated according to requirements and issues. on 28.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski CREATED: person on 9.2.2016
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Solomon Gebreyes, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor