Menas of Ethiopia

Minas ( äthiop. ሜናስ; throne name: Admas Sagad I. አድማስ ሰገድ, " before the horizon bows " ) (* 15th century or 16th century; † February 1, 1563 ) was from 1559 until February 1, 1563 Negus Negest ( Emperor ) of Ethiopia and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the brother of Claudius ( Gelawdewos ).

Life

Minas had been captured during the invasion of Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al - Ghasis in Ethiopia. Happened to him as a valuable prisoner, however, a good treatment. At that time, prisoners of war were usually castrated and turned into slaves. The intervention of the wife of Imam Ahmad Gragn, Bati del Wambara it is thanks to them that Minas was able to avoid circumcision, and was married to her daughter. Whiteway refers to this as a unique act of grace. This indulgence, however, ended in 1542, when the Imam was desperately looking for support from his fellow Muslims and Minas, along with a selection of extravagant gifts, the Sultan gave of Yemen as a reward for military support. The son of Imam Ahmad's but was later captured in the aftermath of the Battle of Wayna Daga, and exchanged by Claudius against his brother Minas. The reunification of the royal family was celebrated for many days, as Pankhurst reported.

After his elevation he fought against the Falasha in Semien.

He banished the Jesuit Bishop Andre as Oviedo and his companions in a village between Aksum and Adwa called Maigoga ( Tigrinya june Gwagwa, " noisy water "), which optimistically renamed the Jesuits to the missionary Frumentius in Fremona.

About a year after taking office initiated Baher Negash Yeshaq an uprising in Tigray Region and called Tazkaro, the illegitimate son of Jacob, the brother of the Emperor Minas, the Negus from. This revolt Minas employed until the end of his brief reign. He marched into Lasta, whereupon Yeshaq itself (now in Amhara located ) moved back to Derbyshire. The Emperor tracked him down there and defeated Yeshaq. Then he turned south to Emfraz, where he defeated the other trailer Tazkaros on July 2, 1561.

Baher Negash Yeshaq won support from Ozdemur, the Ottoman Pasha of Massawa, and called Tazkaros brother - who was still in infancy - to Negus Nagast from. Minas marched again to the north, was defeated in Endarta by Yeshaq. The Emperor retreated to after Atronsa Maryam to regroup the troops for a new attack on the Baher Negash. On the way, however, fell ill of a fever Minas and died in Kolo on February 1, 1563rd