Mural depicting Emperor Fasilides at Ura Kidane Mehret Church, Ethiopia
Emperor of Ethiopia
Reign
1632 – 18 October 1667
Predecessor
Susenyos I
Successor
Yohannes I
Born
(1603-11-20)20 November 1603 Bulga, Shewa, Ethiopian Empire
Died
18 October 1667(1667-10-18) (aged 63) Azezo, Ethiopian Empire
Issue
Four sons and one daughter, including Yohannes I and David[1]
Names
Fasil
Basilide
Basilides (in the works of Edward Gibbon)
Regnal name
Alam Sagad
Dynasty
House of Solomon
Father
Susenyos I
Mother
Sahle Work
Religion
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo
Fasilides (Ge'ez: ፋሲለደስ; Fāsīladas; 20 November 1603 – 18 October 1667), also known as Fasil,[2]Basilide,[3] or Basilides (as in the works of Edward Gibbon), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1632 to his death on 18 October 1667, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. His throne name was Alam Sagad (Ge'ez: ዓለም ሰገድ).
Renowned as the founder of Gondar, the capital of the Ethiopian Empire, Fasilides ushered in the Gondarine period. Notably, he confiscated and exiled the Jesuits, while also establishing security alliances with neighboring Islamic sultanates. Additionally, he played a crucial role in leading the campaign against the Agaw rebels. In 1666, following his son Dawit's rebellion, Fasilides had him imprisoned in Wehni. The emperor himself died a year later and was laid to rest in a monastery on Daga Island in Lake Tana.
^Budge, E. A. Wallis (1928). A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume 2). London: Methuen & Co. p. 397.
^Woredekal, Solomon (1985). "Restoration of historical monuments of Gondar". Annales d'Éthiopie. 13: 119. doi:10.3406/ethio.1985.926. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
^Wion, Anaïs (2012). "Fasiladas". Dictionary of African Biography. Vol. 2. OUP. pp. 353–54. ISBN 9780195382075.
and Merhabete. Emperor Fasilides was born at Magezez, Bulga in the Shewa region. His paternal grandfather's name was also Fasilides. He was builder of the...
important. Within the capital, Fasilides ordered the construction of an imposing edifice, the Fasil Gemb or Fasilides castle. According to a Yemeni traveler...
The bridge was built by Emperor Fasilides during the mid 17th century. According to Ethiopian legend, Emperor Fasilides was said to have been in possession...
legends, how-ever, maintain that Fasilides was led to the site by prophecy and miraculous events. Within the capital, Fasilides ordered the construction of...
of Emperor Fasilides in 1632 and a period of decentralization in 1769, known as the Zemene Mesafint. Gondar was founded by Emperor Fasilides in 1636 as...
sons of Fasilides on Mount Wehni, continuing the practice Fasilides had revived. Of Amhara descent, Yohannes was the eldest son of Emperor Fasilides and succeeded...
brother Fasilides. He would have 2 sons and 1 daughter, when his daughter died at childbirth he was enraged and had an argument with his brother Fasilides where...
destroyed in 1540 during the Ethiopian-Adal war; then, from the reign of Fasilides (1632–1667) until the mid-18th century, at Wehni. Rumors of these royal...
Faisal) often refers to Fasilides (1603–1667), and it may also refer to: Fasıl, a suite in Ottoman classical music Fasilides (1603–1667), the former Emperor...
Barradas wrote that Aksum was no more than a small village. In 1655, Fasilides had the church restored. Its dedication was celebrated by his daughter...
In 1632, Emperor Fasilides halted Roman Catholic state administration, restoring Orthodox Tewahedo as the state religion. Fasilides' reign solidified...
son of Gebre Mesay, allegedly a descendant of a younger son of Emperor Fasilides. He was a figurehead, set on the throne by the Enderase or Regent, Ras...
Adiyam Saggad or Emperor Iyasu the Great, who was the grandson of Emperor Fasilides of the Gondar branch of the Solomonic dynasty; and via his father Wagshum...
line, starting with Susenyos in 1606 (although often credited to his son Fasilides who established his capital at Gondar) ended its rule with the fall of...
that Fasilides was interested in a conversion to Islam, a Yemeni embassy was sent to Gondar in 1646. However, when the Yemenites understood Fasilides' actual...
Fuerza castle San Pedro de la Roca Castle Fortaleza Ozama Guzara Castle Fasilides Castle Kusquam Castle Fort Jesus Lord Egerton Castle (Ngata) Murzuk Castle...
faith of the local Ethiopians. On 25 June 1632, Susenyos's son, Emperor Fasilides, declared the state religion to again be Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity...
Constructed by Emperor Fasilides. Ewostatewos Named for the Ethiopian saint. Founded by Bakaffa Egziabeher Ab Founded by Emperor Fasilides, but destroyed in...
instructed by the East India Company to sue for peace. Ethiopian Emperor Fasilides dispatched an embassy to India in 1664–65 to congratulate Aurangzeb upon...
Dengel Yaqob Za Dengel Yaqob Susenyos I Gondarine period (1632–1769) Fasilides Yohannes I Iyasu the Great Tekle Haymanot I Tewoflos Yostos Dawit III...
rebuilt by the Emperor Gelawdewos, then further rebuilt and enlarged by Fasilides during the 17th century. Francisco Álvares, who was in Ethiopia before...
Dengel Yaqob Za Dengel Yaqob Susenyos I Gondarine period (1632–1769) Fasilides Yohannes I Iyasu the Great Tekle Haymanot I Tewoflos Yostos Dawit III...
17th-century Ethiopia. He held several positions during the reigns of Fasilides, Yohannes I and Iyasu I. The latter relied on Anestasyos military prowess...
Fasilides, who promptly restored Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity as the state religion. He then in 1633 expelled the Jesuits, and in 1665 Fasilides ordered...
whose tombs are also on Daga include Dawit I, Zara Yaqob, Za Dengel, and Fasilides. Other important islands in Lake Tana include Dek, Mitraha, Gelila Zakarias...
1809/1810. Richard Pankhurst credits him with the construction of Qeddus Fasilides ("St. Basilides," literally "Holy Basilides") church in Gondar. The chronicler...
Ethiopia. The Fasilides of Ethiopia sent three diplomatic missions to Yemen, but the relations did not develop into a political alliance as Fasilides had hoped...
the dangerous gap by rope. This historic bridge was built by Emperor Fasilides in approximately 1660 with Roman bridge technology brought to Ethiopia...
Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Letezum, and the grandson of the Emperor Fasilides. According to E. A. Wallis Budge, Yonas was a figurehead, proclaimed Emperor...