Alula of Yejju was the son of Ras Ali I of Yejju (son of Abba Seru Gwangul) and cousin of Ras Gugsa. He was the first husband of Menen Liben Amede and father of her son, Ras Ali II, while governor of Damot, Ethiopia.[1]
^Charles T. Beke, "Abyssinia. Being a Continuation of Routes in That Country", Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 14 (1844), p. 6
The Yejju Oromo, also historically known as the Yajju, Edjow or Edjou Galla, are a sub-clan of the Barento branch of Oromo people. They are one of the...
son Ali II ofYejju, who was her son in her first marriage to AlulaofYejju. She was a significant personage during the Zemene Mesafint of the 19th century...
Ali II ofYejju (c. 1819 – c. 1866) was Ras of Begemder and the de facto ruler of the Ethiopian Empire. He was a member of a powerful Oromo dynasty known...
his own position amongst the Yejju, which included the opposition from members of his own family such as Dejazmach Alula, the Fitawrari Sadiq, and the...
Giyorgis II. He successfully suppressed rebellions of ras Wolde Maryam of Begemender and Fares Ali ofYejju. Yohannes however, refused to acknowledge the new...
daughter of the Solomonic princess Amete Selassie, daughter of the Solomonic Amhara Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I. Hirut's father was Gugsa ofYejju, who had...
control of his own realm. Menelik officially rewarded Mengesha Yohannes with 300,000 silver dollars and married him to Kafay Wele Batul ofYejju, atege...
Amba Mariam and fled to Shewa. In 1876 Menelik appointed Wele as governor ofYejju, angering Yohannes IV, but Wele managed to remain loyal to Menelik without...
of Begemder or Yejju, as warlords to maintain the Ethiopian monarchy during the Zemene Mesafint. In the mid-19th century, the lords of Tembien and Enderta...
Taytu Betul was a noblewoman of Imperial blood and a member of one of the leading families of the regions of Semien, Yejju in modern Wollo, and Begemder...
received the submission of Begemder, Gojjam, the Yejju Oromo, and Tigray. On May 2 of that same year, Emperor Menelik signed the Treaty of Wuchale with the Italians...
decentralized in a period known as Zemene Mesafint, starting with the rise of the Yejju Oromo dynasty after the Solomonic Emperor Iyoas I was deposed by the...
battle he waged against Ras Aligaz ofYejju, Wolde Selassie went after another powerful warlord of Tigray by the name of Ras Gebra Meskel. The two fought...
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