Ethiopian army commander and governor (1869/70–1888)
Araya Selassie Yohannes
Cropped image of Arya Selassie
King of Tigray (disputed)
Reign
1872–1888
Successor
Gugsa Araya Selassie
Born
1869/70 Enderta, Tigray, Ethiopia
Died
10 June 1888 Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia
Burial
Medhane Alem Church, Mekelle
Spouse
Leult Zewditu Emet Negest Sendek
Issue
Gugsa Araya Selassie
House
House of Solomon (Tigrayan Branch)
Father
Emperor Yohannes IV
Religion
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo
RasAraya Selassie Yohannes (Tigrinya: አርአያ ስላሴ ዮሓንስaraya səllase yohannəs; "horse name" Abba Deblaq) (1869/70 – 10 June 1888) was a son of Emperor Yohannes IV from his wife Masitire Selassie, a daughter of a Muslim Afar chieftain whom he married after she was Christened. Araya was nominated Crown Prince.[1]
Araya was the first husband of Zewditu (later Empress), the daughter of atse Menelik II, having married her in January 1883. He was given the command of Wollo province at the time of his wedding. Because of a revolt raised in Wollo due to the death of dejazmach Amda Sadiq, chief of Tekaledere, in a quarrel with Araya's followers, Yohannes IV decided to appoint ras Mikael Ali, the traditional claimant to the lordship of Wollo.[2]Ras Araya was transferred to Begemder and Dembaya in May 1886. In 1887–88, when the country was facing the Italian threat, he was commander of 40,000 troops near Adwa.
Araya died in his youth from smallpox, when the Emperor was returning from a campaign against the Italians at Seati (Battle of Dogali). His only son, by a weyzero Negesit, a lady from Wollo, was leul ras Gugsa Araya.[3]
^Tafla, Bairu (1977). A Chronicle of Emperor Yohannes IV. Wiesbaden. p. 155.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Gebre-Selassie, Zewde (1975). Yohannes IV of Ethiopia: a Political Biography. Oxford. p. 247.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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