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During the mid 17th century, before Nagasi's rise, the Oromo pressure lessened, and a long period of Amhara reconquest and expansion began. The Amhara came down from the mountains and up from the river valleys. Resettlement was led by a number of independent chiefs, one of the most powerful of whom
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In 1683, he waged war on the Oromos, south of Menz, where he achieved victory over the Arsi Oromo and removed them. Soon after Nagasi founded the town of Ayne, his temporary residence in the periphery of his control, strategically placed on the frontier between the provinces of Menz and
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noble of
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They say, Gassa (or Rim) means a land on which we settle by chasing out the Galla with our force, power and skill. Thus Nagasi began to allot plots of land or Rim.
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65:. The toll of the war was immense, the war ravaged Christian realm avoided near extinction. In this vulnerable state, a new threat emerged from the south, the
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province. There are several traditions about Nagasi's lineage; the official account from the Shewan dynasty (as told by Serta Wold, councillor of
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to his native district of
Agancha. Nagasi's ambitions was invigorated by his victories. He proclaimed himself ruling prince of
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was a religious centre of national importance. Shewa was almost completely lost to the
Imperial authority by the end of
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chief in the area. His large following helped him to accumulate wealth. He founded the church of
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in the 1830's and 1840's) is that he was a male line descendant of the
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escaped into Menz." Faris's imperial descent was through his mother.
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north of Menz, he subdued the Oromo living in the district of
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