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Marye of Yejju

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60:] is attributed to Mariam , cannot be well given to a prince. He does justice to none. Far from punishing a soldier for robbing or killing his companion, he publicly commends him, as a man of courage. It is said that he has ordered all of his soldiers, on entering 64:
territories, to kill every human being they meet, without distinction of age or sex; threatening with death the soldier, known to have spared a single person in his power." However, Gobat's opinion may have been influenced by a raid Marye's men made on
84:, Marye challenged his father's authority with an open rebellion; Marye was defeated in battle. After Gugsa's death Marye also challenged the succession of his own brother 263: 108: 124:, who claimed them for her son Kinfu. The struggle over control of these territories continued long after Marye's death, eventually involving Empress 96: 121: 117: 111:
to rule, but he had not held them for very long before Meru's relations came forward with their own claims; the immediate claimants included
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Sven Rubenson, King of Kings: Tewodros of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa: Haile Selassie I University, 1966), pp. 21ff
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Marye was killed in the battle, and Sebagadis surrendered to Wube. Wube handed the defeated warlord to
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troops, who killed their defeated foe, and ravaged Tigray in revenge for their leader's death.
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Samuel Gobat, (1830 – 1832), for some unknown reason refers to him as "Mariam" in his
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had a low opinion of Marye. He wrote in his journal, "A character worse then [
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Journal of African History, special issue: The History of the Family in Africa
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14 May 1830, which he described immediately before this passage.
163: 104: 66: 139: 55: 99:'s death, he was given that nobleman's territories in 230:"Family and Property amongst the Amhara Nobility", 206:, 1851 (New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969). 281: 204:Journal of Three years' Residence in Abyssinia 131:Marye's final military campaign was against 120:, who claimed the lands for himself, and 42:. He was the brother of his predecessor 282: 13: 14: 311: 166:, Marye led his army across the 290:Warlords of the Zemene Mesafint 77:During the rule of his father, 238: 222: 209: 196: 170:and defeated Sebagadis at the 24:(died 14 February 1831) was a 18:Ethiopian governor (1830–1832) 1: 295:19th-century Ethiopian people 174:(14 February 1831). However, 7: 146:as the dominant warlord of 10: 316: 95:, from 1828 to 1831. Upon 268: 261: 253: 91:Marye had his capital in 189: 72: 172:Battle of Debre Abbay 142:, who had succeeded 40:Emperor of Ethiopia 264:Chief of the Yejju 278: 277: 269:Succeeded by 235:, 24 1983, p. 218 152:Wube Haile Maryam 126:Menen Liben Amede 307: 254:Preceded by 251: 250: 245: 242: 236: 228:Donald Crummey, 226: 220: 213: 207: 200: 38:(regent) of the 315: 314: 310: 309: 308: 306: 305: 304: 280: 279: 274: 259: 249: 248: 243: 239: 227: 223: 214: 210: 201: 197: 192: 150:. Supported by 97:Meru of Dembiya 75: 49:The missionary 19: 12: 11: 5: 313: 303: 302: 297: 292: 276: 275: 270: 267: 260: 255: 247: 246: 237: 221: 208: 194: 193: 191: 188: 144:Wolda Selassie 88:by rebelling. 82:Gugsa of Yejju 74: 71: 22:Marye of Yejju 17: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 312: 301: 298: 296: 293: 291: 288: 287: 285: 273: 266: 265: 258: 252: 241: 234: 233: 225: 218: 212: 205: 199: 195: 187: 185: 181: 177: 173: 169: 168:Takazze River 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 145: 141: 137: 134: 129: 127: 123: 122:Welette Tekle 119: 116: 115: 110: 106: 102: 98: 94: 89: 87: 83: 80: 70: 68: 63: 59: 57: 52: 47: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 28: 23: 16: 262: 240: 231: 224: 216: 211: 203: 198: 179: 175: 132: 130: 112: 90: 78: 76: 54: 51:Samuel Gobat 48: 25: 21: 20: 15: 300:1831 deaths 118:Walde Tekle 93:Debre Tabor 284:Categories 257:Ras Yimam 136:Sabagadis 114:Dejazmach 44:Ras Yimam 272:Ras Dori 219:, p. 181 182:Marye's 36:Enderase 32:Begemder 217:Journal 215:Gobat, 109:Belessa 101:Dembiya 62:Oubea's 164:Gojjam 156:Semien 148:Tigray 105:Wegera 67:Gondar 190:Notes 184:Oromo 160:Goshu 140:Agame 86:Yimam 158:and 107:and 73:Life 34:and 180:Ras 176:Ras 162:of 154:of 138:of 133:Ras 79:Ras 56:sic 30:of 27:Ras 286:: 128:. 103:, 46:. 58:?

Index

Ras
Begemder
Enderase
Emperor of Ethiopia
Ras Yimam
Samuel Gobat
sic
Oubea's
Gondar
Gugsa of Yejju
Yimam
Debre Tabor
Meru of Dembiya
Dembiya
Wegera
Belessa
Dejazmach
Walde Tekle
Welette Tekle
Menen Liben Amede
Sabagadis
Agame
Wolda Selassie
Tigray
Wube Haile Maryam
Semien
Goshu
Gojjam
Takazze River
Battle of Debre Abbay

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