Marye of Yejju, a Ras of Begemder…
May 1830 CE
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.