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early in the reign of Gelawdewos he was banished to Gafat, south of the Blue Nile. In response to his arguments, Gelawdewos wrote his Confession of...

the battle, and Emperor Gelawdewos learned he was hastening towards him, unaware that the battle had already been lost. Gelawdewos sent out a party who successfully...

him Gelawdewos would needlessly risk his life which caused most of the Ethiopian army to flee. James Bruce declared that the letter warned Gelawdewos to...

Portuguese expedition into Ethiopia, Gelawdewos consented to the offer. The Bahr Negus also joined Emperor Gelawdewos in the decisive Battle of Wayna Daga...

Sel. Ten days later her son, Emperor Gelawdewos had arrived. Castanhoso states that after the Emperor Gelawdewos had joined the survivors, and seeing...

old son, Gelawdewos, who faced a desperate situation but rallied his soldiers and people to resist the Muslim invasion. By 1540 Gelawdewos led a small...

decades and would only end in 1589. Yeshaq sought the assistance of emperor Gelawdewos. Upon being reinforced by a large Abyssinian army, he recaptured Debarwa...

Baeda Maryam I Eskender (Kwestantinos II) Amda Seyon II Na'od Dawit II Gelawdewos Menas Sarsa Dengel Yaqob Za Dengel Yaqob Susenyos I Gondarine period (1632–1769)...

force under Cristóvão to assist the beleaguered Emperor of Ethiopia, Gelawdewos. Four hundred Portuguese men-at-arms were selected, 70 of whom were also...

the people sold was Menas the son of Emperor Dawit II. In 1543, Emperor Gelawdewos finally defeated the army of Adal and killed its leader, with the help...

Emperor Gelawdewos and the forces of Garad Emar, a lieutenant of Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi. According to Ethiopian sources, Gelawdewos was defeated...

death in 1563, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was a brother of Gelawdewos and the son of Emperor Dawit II. According to a genealogy collected by...

the Bahr Negus Yeshaq. After the death of Imam Ahmad in 1543, Emperor Gelawdewos immediately reestablished imperial suzerainty over the Eritrean highlands...

of the area was Christian. The reign of Lebna Dengel and his successor Gelawdewos were marked by wars between the Ethiopian Empire and the Muslim Adal Sultanate...

Barakat ibn Umar Din. In the meantime, Gelawdewos, with a larger army attacked Nur with smaller army . Gelawdewos was defeated and killed by Nur at the...

by an unknown assailant at Debre Damo. Dawit was succeeded by his son Gelawdewos, as his son Menas had been captured by Ahmad a year before Dawit died...

Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, after which it was rebuilt by the Emperor Gelawdewos, then further rebuilt and enlarged by Fasilides during the 17th century...

also information about the land. The Bahr Nagash also joined Emperor Gelawdewos and the Portuguese in the decisive Battle of Wayna Daga, where tradition...

wreaking havoc on the Christian nation. The Bahri Negash joined Emperor Gelawdewos and the Portuguese in the decisive Battle of Wayna Daga, where tradition...

centuries leading up to the issue being rectified by Ewostatewos. The emperor Gelawdewos in his Confession, an apologia of traditional beliefs and practices says...