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Dejazmach Wand Bewossen (died 10 December 1777) was a prominent figure in Ethiopian history. He was governor of Lasta and later Begemeder. He was on the losing side in the Battle of Nefas Mewcha (1769), but one of the victorious generals in the Three battles of Sarbakusa (May 1771).[1] For his valor in the Battle of Faggeta (9 December 1769), which included pursuing Fasil for three days after the engagement, he was made governor of Begemder, as well as married to Woizero Ayabdar.[2] He was also married to Woizero Yeworqweha, who was a descendant of Iyasu I and Woizero Wossen Azal, daughter of Dejazmatch Eshete Awsgenyos, sometime Governor of Agaw and Damot.[citation needed]
Not long after his marriage to Woizero Ayabdar, Wand Bewossen desired to wed Wossen Azal, the sister of Hailu Eshte. Hailu would not consent to this marriage: according to Herbert Weld Blundell's translation Hailu considered this alliance bigamous, but Donald Crummy's interpretation of the Ge'ez text is Hailu was more concerned about the incestuous[clarification needed] nature of the marriage. Wand Bewsossen then resorted to physical force to Hailu until he finally dropped all of his objections to the alliance.[3] He was killed at Ashawa when he fell from his horse.[4]
^J.M. Reid, Traveller Extraordinary: The Life of James Bruce of Kinnaird (New York: Norton, 1968), pp. 192-203
^James Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile (1805 edition), vol. 4 p. 410. The Ethiopian chronicles call her Yewubdar.
^Weld Blundell, The Royal chronicle of Abyssinia, 1769-1840 (Cambridge: University Press, 1922), pp. 316-318; Donald Crummey, "Family and Property amongst the Amhara Nobility", Journal of African History, 24 (1983), p. 213
Dejazmach WandBewossen (died 10 December 1777) was a prominent figure in Ethiopian history. He was governor of Lasta and later Begemeder. He was on the...
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Sarbakusa; Ras Mikael was defeated and surrendered to WandBewossen on 4 June 1771. WandBewossen imprisoned Mikael Sehul for a year, then either sent...
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battles of Sarbakusa and the triumvirate of Fasil, Goshu of Amhara and WandBewossen of Begemder placed their own emperor on the throne. More emperors followed...
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three of the most powerful aristocrats of Ethiopia (Goshu of Amhara, WandBewossen, and Fasil of Damot) defeats Ras Mikael Sehul and Emperor Tekle Haymanot...
three of the most powerful aristocrats of Ethiopia (Goshu of Amhara, WandBewossen, and Fasil of Damot) defeats Ras Mikael Sehul and Emperor Tekle Haymanot...
at Gondar. Nathaniel Pearce, notes that Sekota was where Ras Haile WandBewossen had his palace in 1813, and performed his annual review of his troops...
on 9 December 1769. Ras Mikael Sehul, Emperor Tekle Haymanot II and WandBewossen fought and defeated Fasil of Damot in a large, costly battle. Tekle...
behind him aside from Walda Gabre’el of Lasta (who lost against Hailu WandBewossen of Lasta) was eventually sidelined. Tekle Giyorgis I regained the throne...
of the Galla all that was what was done." Not long after this, Haile WandBewossen went to Emakina and freed Tekle Giyorgis; they proceeded to Lalibela...
was what was done." Then, in an attempt to overthrow Aligaz, Haile WandBewossen freed Tekle Giyorgis in 1793, after the Emperor had been confined for...
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