Marye of Yejju, a Ras of Begemder…

May 1830 CE

Marye of Yejju, a Ras of Begemder and Enderase (regent) of the Emperor of Ethiopia, is the brother of his predecessor Ras Yimam.

The missionary Samuel Gobat had a low opinion of Marye. He wrote in his journal, "A character worse then [sic?] is attributed to Mariam [Marye], 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 Oubea's 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 Gondar on May 14, 1830, which he described immediately before this passage.

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Gondar > Gonder Amhara Ethiopia View →

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Egyptians View → Somalis View → Tigray-Tigrinya people View → Sidama people View → Agaw people View → Christians, Miaphysite (Oriental Orthodox) View → Oromo people View → Islam View → Amhara people View → Afar people View → Ethiopia, Solomonid Dynasty of View →

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Sub-Saharan Africa, Medieval View → Interaction with Subsaharan Africa, Early European View → Zemene Mesafint (Ethiopia's "Age of Princes") View →

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