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 Ghebbi or Fasilides castle. Subsequent emperors such...
Emperor Fasilides to a pool beside the Angereb, where an "old and venerable hermit" told the Emperor he would locate his capital there. Fasilides had the...
Qeddus Abbo. Fasilides was also credited with building seven stone bridges including the Sebrara Dildiy bridge over the Blue Nile. Fasilides contributed...
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...
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...
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...
Fuerza castle San Pedro de la Roca Castle Fortaleza Ozama Guzara Castle Fasilides Castle Kusquam Castle Fort Jesus Lord Egerton Castle (Ngata) Murzuk Castle...
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...
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...
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...
In 1632, Emperor Fasilides halted Roman Catholic state administration, restoring Orthodox Tewahedo as the state religion. Fasilides' reign solidified...
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...
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...
starting with Susenyos I 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...
17th-century Ethiopia. He held several positions during the reigns of Fasilides, Yohannes I and Iyasu I. The latter relied on Anestasyos military prowess...
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...
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...
Dengel Yaqob Za Dengel Yaqob Susenyos I Gondarine period (1632–1769) Fasilides Yohannes I Iyasu the Great Tekle Haymanot I Tewoflos Yostos Dawit III...
Dengel Yaqob Za Dengel Yaqob Susenyos I Gondarine period (1632–1769) Fasilides Yohannes I Iyasu the Great Tekle Haymanot I Tewoflos Yostos Dawit III...
the Red Sea to them. Reacting to these challenges, in the 1630s Emperor Fasilides founded the new capital of Gondar, marking the start of a new golden age...
1809/1810. Richard Pankhurst credits him with the construction of Qeddus Fasilides ("St. Basilides," literally "Holy Basilides") church in Gondar. The chronicler...
local masons, some of whom were Beta Israel. With the reign of his son Fasilides, most of these foreigners were expelled, although some of their architectural...
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...
accession of his son Fasilides in 1633, the Jesuits were expelled and the native religion restored to official status. Fasilides made Gondar his capital...
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