Following the death of his father Wossen…

March 1813 CE

Following the death of his father Wossen Seged, Sahle Selassie arrives at the capital Qundi before his other brothers, and is made Meridazmach of Shewa.

Although still a teenager, Sahle Selassie seizes this chance at rule by rushing from the monastery at Sela Dingay, where he is a student "and probably with the support of his mother Zenebework's Menzian kinsmen was proclaimed the Ras and Meridazmach of Shewa."

Bakure belatedly arrived at Qundi only to be imprisoned in the state prison at Gonchu with his other brothers and some of his supporters.

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Ankober Semien (North) Shewa Amhara Zone Ethiopia View →

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