ʾAsfā Wasan
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: አስፋ፡ ወሰን፡↗ normalized: ʾAsfā Wasan↗ marǝd ʾazmāč role: title ↗
Period of Activity
He was the fifth ruler of the kingdom of Šawā ↗ from about 1775 to 1808, succeeding his father marǝd ʾazmāč role: title ʾAmmǝḫā ʾIyasus↗ . His reign was remarkable for the expansion of the Šawān kingdom to include the ʾAmhārā↗ regions Gǝdǝm↗ , Gǝšše↗ , ʾƎfrātā↗ , ʾAnṣokiyā↗ , Marḥābete↗ and Morat↗ . His reign is also attributed to the introduction of tax on land and royal monopoly in such precious items as gold and ivory as well as the production of ṭaǧǧ.
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Names
- birth: አስፋ፡ ወሰን፡ gez
- marǝd ʾazmāč role: title
Dates
Period of activity: 1775–1808
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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Bahru Zewde 2003. ‘Asfa Wäsän’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, I (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003), 366a.
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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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- Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 124 which contains the following internal dates: . The description of the manuscript also contains the following dates in a colophon element, ፪፡ ለወርኀ፡ መስከረም፡ በ፸፻ወ፪፻፺ወ፫፡ ዓመተ፡ ዓለም። (world) in a colophon element, በ፫፻፸ወ፯፡ ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት። (grace) in a colophon element, እምዓመተ፡ ሥጋዌ፡ በ፲፻ወ፯፻፺ወ፫። (ethiopian) in a colophon element, ፲፻ወ፭፻፺ወ፫፡ ዓመተ፡ ሰማዕታት። (diocletian) in a colophon element, እምተንባላት፡ በ፲፻፳ወ፩፡ ዓመት። (islamic) in a colophon element, በዘመነ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ (evangelists) in a colophon element, በዘመነ፡ ማቴዎስ፡ (evangelists) in a colophon element, በ፳ወ፭፡ ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለንጉሠ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ቴዎድሮስ፡ ወስመ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ አስፋ፡ ወሰን፡ in a colophon element, 1793 (ethiopian) in a note element, 1988 in a bibl element, in a handNote element, 1988 in a bibl element, 1877 in a bibl element.
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