Sayfu Śahla Śǝllāse
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ሰይፉ፡ ሣህለ፡ ሥላሴ፡↗ normalized: Sayfu Śahla Śǝllāse↗ abetohun role: title ↗
Birth
1828-1829
Period of Activity
He was the son of nǝguś role: title Śahla Śǝllāse↗ of Šawā↗ and his wife Bazzabbǝš Daǧan↗ . He was the governor of Marḥābete↗ and Salāle↗ throughout 1840s and 1850s. Sayfu Śahla Śǝllāse↗ was an ardent opponent to ʾaṣe role: title Tewodros II↗ who offered a strong resistance for several days but was eventually defeated and had to flee. Some time later, Sayfu Śahla Śǝllāse↗ tried to regain control over Marḥābete↗ , but was killed by Kǝbrāt↗ at Middā↗ .
Death
1860
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Names
- birth: ሰይፉ፡ ሣህለ፡ ሥላሴ፡ gez
- abetohun role: title
Dates
Birth: 1828–1829
Period of activity: 1840–1860
Death: 1860
Occupation
governor
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
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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Sokolinskaia, E. 2010. ‘Säyfu Śahlä Śǝllase’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 568b–569a.
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻSayfu Śahla Śǝllāseʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 7.2.2017) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS8602Sayfusa [Accessed: 2024-04-30+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Solomon Gebreyes complete record on 7.2.2017
- 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