Menas (Ge'ez ሜናስ mēnās), throne name Admas Sagad I (Ge'ez አድማስ ሰገድ admās sagad, Amh. ādmās seged, "to whom the horizon bows") was nəgusä nägäst (1559 - February 1, 1563) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. Ge'ez (gez ግዕዝ) also called Ethiopic, is an Abugida script that was originally developed to write Ge'ez, a Semitic language Ge'ez (gez ግዕዝ) also called Ethiopic, is an Abugida script that was originally developed to write Ge'ez, a Semitic language Amharic (አማርኛ amarəñña) is a Semitic language spoken in North Central Ethiopia by the Amhara. The Emperor ( Ge'ez: ንጉሠ ነገሥት nəgusä nägäst " King of Kings " of Ethiopia was the hereditary Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page The Solomonic dynasty is the traditional royal house of Ethiopia, claiming descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, who is said He was a brother of Gelawdewos. Gelawdewos ( Ge'ez ገላውዴዎስ galāwdēwōs, modern gelāwdēwōs, "Claudius" 1521/ 1522 - March 23, 1559
During Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi's invasion of Ethiopia, Menas had been captured but treated well as a valuable prisoner. Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi (c 1506 - February 21, 1543) ("the Conqueror" was an Imam and General of Adal Although the fate of prisoners of war at the time was to be castrated and enslaved, due to the intervention of Bati del Wambara, wife of Imam Ahmad Gragn, Menas escaped this mutilation, and was married to Bati del Wambara's daughter -- an act Whiteway describes as "a unique act of clemency. Castration (also referred to as Gelding, Neutering, Fixing, orchiectomy, and orchidectomy is any action surgical, chemical Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi (c 1506 - February 21, 1543) ("the Conqueror" was an Imam and General of Adal "[1] This clemency came to an end in 1542, when the Imam, desperate for help from his fellow Muslims, included Menas in an assortment of extravagant gifts to the sultan of Yemen in return for military aid. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya However, Imam Ahmad's son was later captured in the aftermath of the Battle of Wayna Daga, Gelawdewos used his prisoner to recover his brother Menas; according to Pankhurst, "when the royal family was reunited there were many days of celebrations. The Battle of Wayna Daga (Amharic for "Grape-cultivating altitude" occurred 21 February 1543 east of Lake Tana. "[2]
Following his elevation, he campaigned against the Falasha in Semien province. The Beta Israel (ביתא ישראל Beta Israel, "House of Israel" Ge'ez: ቤተ እስራኤል Bēta 'Isrā'ēl, modern Bēte 'Isrā'ēl
He banished the Jesuit bishop Andre da Oviedo and his companions to a village between Axum and Adwa called Maigoga (Tigrinya may gwagwa, 'noisy water'), which the Jesuits optimistically renamed Fremona, after the missionary Frumentius. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order Axum, or Aksum, is a City in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom of Aksum, a naval and trading power that ruled from the region ca Adwa (also spelled Adowa, Aduwa, or Tigrinya ( Ge'ez: ትግርኛ tigriññā) also spelled Tigrigna, Tigrina, less commonly Tigrinian, Tigrinyan, is Fremona was a town in northern Ethiopia, located in the modern Tigray Region. Frumentius ( Ge'ez ፍሬምናጦስ frēmnāṭōs) (died ca
About one year into his reign, Bahr negus Yeshaq rose in revolt in Tigray proclaiming Tazkaro, the illegitimate son of Emperor Menas' brother Yaqob as negus. For other uses see Negus (disambiguation Negus ( Ge'ez gez ንጉሥ, Amharic; cf Bahri negus Yeshaq (died 1578 was an Eritrean ruler of Midri Bahri during the mid to late 16th century This revolt occupied Menas attention for the remainder of his short reign. He marched into Lasta, at which point Yeshaq retreated into Shire. Lasta ( Ge'ez: ላስታ lāstā) is a historic district in north-central Ethiopia. Shire (ሽሬ also known as Inda Selassie (እንዳ The emperor found him there and defeated Yeshaq, then turned south to Emfraz where he defeated the remaining supporters of Tazkaro on July 2, 1561. Emfraz or Enfraz (also spelled Imfraz, Infraz, Ge'ez: እምፍራዝ imfrāz or እንፍራዝ infrāz. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival
Bahr Negash Yishaq then obtained the support of Özdemir, the Ottoman Pasha of Massawa, and proclaimed Tazkaro's infant brother, Marqos, nəgusä nägäst. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Pasha or pacha, formerly bashaw, (paşa پاشا ( Persian: پاشا ( Armenian: Փաշա was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire Massawa, formerly known as Mitsiwa ( Ge'ez ምጽዋ miṣṣiwa, Arabic مصوع maṣṣawaʿ Menas marched north again, but was defeated at Endarta by Yishaq; the Emperor fell back to Atronsa Maryam to regroup for another assault on the Bahr Negash. However, Menas came down with a fever during the march, and died at Kolo on February 1, 1563.
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| Preceded by Gelawdewos |
Emperor of Ethiopia | Succeeded by Sarsa Dengel |
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