Fitawrari Qolech, the Glossary
Fitawrari Eshetu “Qolech” Bergualu (እሸቱ “ቆለጭ” በርጓሉ;; c. 1851 – 12 December 1926) also known by his nickname Qolech was an Ethiopian military commander.[1]
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22 relations: Battle of Adwa, Battle of Amba Alagi (1895), Battle of Chelenqo, Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles, Ethiopian Empire, Ethiopian historiography, First Italo-Ethiopian War, Given name, Gondar, Haile Selassie, Harar, Lij Iyasu, List of emperors of Ethiopia, Makonnen Wolde Mikael, Menelik II, Menelik II's conquests, Naming conventions in Eritrea and Ethiopia, Nickname, Patronymic, Ras (title), Siege of Mekelle, Zewditu.
- Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox Christians
- Ethiopian Orthodox Christians
- Ethiopian Royal Family
- Ethiopian princes
- Oriental Orthodox monarchs
Battle of Adwa
The Battle of Adwa (ውግእ ዓድዋ;, also spelled Adowa) was the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
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Battle of Amba Alagi (1895)
The Battle of Amba Alagi was the first in a series of battles between the Italian General Baratieri and Ethiopia's Emperor Menelik during the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
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Battle of Chelenqo
The Battle of Chelenqo was an engagement fought on 9 January 1887 between the Abyssinian army of Shewa under Negus Menelik and Emir 'Abd Allah II ibn 'Ali 'Abd ash-Shakur of Harar.
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Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles
Until the end of the Ethiopian monarchy in 1974, there were two categories of nobility in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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Ethiopian Empire
The Ethiopian Empire, also formerly known by the exonym Abyssinia, or simply known as Ethiopia, was a sovereign state that historically encompasses the geographical area of present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea from the establishment of the Solomonic dynasty by Yekuno Amlak approximately in 1270 until the 1974 coup d'etat by the Derg, which dethroned Emperor Haile Selassie.
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Ethiopian historiography
Ethiopian historiography includes the ancient, medieval, early modern, and modern disciplines of recording the history of Ethiopia, including both native and foreign sources.
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First Italo-Ethiopian War
The First Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the First Italo-Abyssinian War, or simply in Italy as the Abyssinian War (Guerra d'Abissinia), was a war fought between Italy and Ethiopia from 1895 to 1896.
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Given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname.
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Gondar
Gondar, also spelled Gonder (Amharic: ጎንደር, Gonder or Gondär; formerly ጐንደር, Gʷandar or Gʷender), is a city and woreda in Ethiopia.
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Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie I (Power of the Trinity; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. Fitawrari Qolech and Haile Selassie are Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox Christians, Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, Ethiopian princes, Oriental Orthodox monarchs and Solomonic dynasty.
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Harar
Harar (ሐረር; Harari: ሀረር; Adare Biyyo; Herer; هرر), known historically by the indigenous as Harar-Gey or simply Gey (Harari: ጌይ Gēy), is a walled city in eastern Ethiopia.
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Lij Iyasu
Lij Iyasu (ልጅኢያሱ; 4 February 1895 – 25 November 1935) was the designated Emperor of Ethiopia from 1913 to 1916. Fitawrari Qolech and Lij Iyasu are 19th-century Ethiopian people and Solomonic dynasty.
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List of emperors of Ethiopia
This article lists the emperors of Ethiopia, from the founding of the Ethiopian Empire and the Solomonic dynasty in 1270 by Yekuno Amlak, until the Ethiopian Revolution of 1974 when the last emperor was deposed.
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Makonnen Wolde Mikael
''Ras'' Makonnen Wolde Mikael Wolde Melekot (Amharic: ራስ መኮንን ወልደ ሚካኤል ወልደ መለኮት; 8 May 1852 – 21 March 1906), or simply Ras Makonnen, also known as Abba Qagnew (አባ ቃኘው), was an Ethiopian royal from Shewa, a military leader, the governor of Harar, and the father of future Emperor Haile Selassie. Fitawrari Qolech and Makonnen Wolde Mikael are 19th-century Ethiopian people, 20th-century Ethiopian people, deaths from typhus, Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox Christians, Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, Ethiopian Royal Family, Ethiopian princes, Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, Oriental Orthodox monarchs and Solomonic dynasty.
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Menelik II
Menelik II (ዳግማዊ ምኒልክ; horse name Abba Dagnew (Amharic: አባ ዳኘው abba daññäw); 17 August 1844 – 12 December 1913), baptised as Sahle Maryam (ሣህለ ማርያም sahlä maryam) was king of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death in 1913. Fitawrari Qolech and Menelik II are Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox Christians, Ethiopian Orthodox Christians and Solomonic dynasty.
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Menelik II's conquests
Menelik's conquests, also known as the Agar Maqnat (Colonization, Cultivation and Christianization of Land), were a series of expansionist wars and conquests carried out by Emperor Menelik II of Shewa to expand the Ethiopian Empire.
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Naming conventions in Eritrea and Ethiopia
The naming convention used in Eritrea and Ethiopia does not have family names and typically consists of an individual personal name and a separate patronymic.
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Nickname
A nickname or nick, also known as a sobriquet, is a substitute for the proper name of a person, place or thing.
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Patronymic
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor.
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Ras (title)
Ras (compare with Arabic Rais or Hebrew Rosh), is a royal title in the Ethiopian Semitic languages.
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Siege of Mekelle
The Siege of Mekelle, sometimes known as the battle of Mekelle, took place in January 1896 during the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
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Zewditu
Zewditu (ዘውዲቱ, born Askala Maryam; 29 April 1876 – 2 April 1930) was Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 until her death in 1930. Fitawrari Qolech and Zewditu are 19th-century Ethiopian people and Solomonic dynasty.
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See also
Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox Christians
- Abuna Basilios
- Abuna Dioskoros (bishop of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church)
- Abune Paulos
- Alemayehu Atomsa
- Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
- Enbaqom
- Fitawrari Qolech
- Girma Wolde-Giorgis
- Haile Selassie
- Makonnen Wolde Mikael
- Menelik II
- Mulatu Teshome
- Yohannes IV
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians
- Abba Estifanos of Gwendagwende
- Abba Gorgoryos
- Abu Rumi
- Alemayehu Atomsa
- Ariana Austin Makonnen
- Azeb Mesfin
- Bob Marley
- Daniel Kibret
- Enbaqom
- Eténèsh Wassié
- Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Exile
- Fitawrari Qolech
- Gebre Hanna
- Gelanesh Haddis
- Girma Wolde-Giorgis
- Haile Selassie
- Hailu Kebede
- Joel Dawit Makonnen
- Makonnen Wolde Mikael
- Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag
- Meles Zenawi
- Menelik II
- Meseret Defar
- Mulatu Teshome
- Mulu Gebreegziabher
- Taddesse Tamrat
- Yohannes IV
Ethiopian Royal Family
- Aberra Kassa
- Aida Desta
- Araya Mengesha
- Araya Selassie Yohannes
- Asfa-Wossen Asserate
- Asfawossen Kassa
- Bezabish
- Darge Sahle Selassie
- Emperors of Ethiopia
- Ermias Sahle Selassie
- Fitawrari Qolech
- Girma Yohannes Iyasu
- Gugsa Araya Selassie
- Haile Selassie Gugsa
- Hirut Desta
- Imru Haile Selassie
- List of royal consorts of Ethiopia
- Mahisente Habte Mariam
- Makonnen Wolde Mikael
- Mengesha Seyoum
- Mikael of Wollo
- Prince Sahle Selassie
- Princess Ijigayehu Amha Selassie
- Princess Romanework
- Princess Sifrash Bizu
- Princess Zenebework
- Ras Mengesha Yohannes
- Sara Gizaw
- Seble Desta
- Seyoum Mengesha
- Sophia Desta
- Stefanos Mengesha Seyoum
- Tisseme Darge
- Tsehaiwork Darge
- Weyni Mengesha
- Wolete Israel Seyoum
- Wondosson Kassa
- Yeshashework Yilma
- Yeshimebet Ali
- Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
Ethiopian princes
- Aberra Kassa
- Araya Mengesha
- Araya Selassie Yohannes
- Aserate Kassa
- Asfawossen Kassa
- Darge Sahle Selassie
- Ermias Sahle Selassie
- Fitawrari Qolech
- Girma Yohannes Iyasu
- Gugsa Araya Selassie
- Haile Selassie
- Haile Selassie Gugsa
- Imru Haile Selassie
- Joel Dawit Makonnen
- Makonnen Wolde Mikael
- Mengesha Seyoum
- Prince Alemayehu
- Prince Makonnen
- Prince Sahle Selassie
- Ras Mengesha Yohannes
- Seyoum Mengesha
- Stefanos Mengesha Seyoum
- Wondosson Kassa
- Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
Oriental Orthodox monarchs
- Anastasius I Dicorus
- Emperors of Ethiopia
- Fitawrari Qolech
- Haile Selassie
- Khosrovidukht (sister of Tiridates III of Armenia)
- Makonnen Wolde Mikael
- Smbat I of Armenia