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Oyo, Oyo State, is the seat of the line of the rulers of Oyo.Their territory, a constituent rump state, is located in what is now Nigeria.Since the 1900 political absorption into Southern Nigeria of the kingdom that it once served as a metropolitan center, the traditional monarchy has been either a tool of British indirect rule or a legally recognised traditional polity within the republic of ...
Tesfaye Sahlu (Amharic: ተስፋዬ ሳህሉ; 27 June 1923 – 31 July 2017) [1] [2] also known as Ababa Tesfaye, was an Ethiopian comedian, children's storybook author, and former singer. He provided entertainment for the Ethiopian troops of the Kagnew Battalion serving in the Korean War . [ 3 ]
1550 – 4 October 1597 (aged 47) 1563: 4 October 1597: Son of Menas: Solomonic: Yaqob. ... 16 February 1784: 24 April 1788: Grandson of Iyasu II: Solomonic: Iyasu ...
Tesfaye (Amharic: ተስፋዬ), also transliterated as Tesfay and Tesfai, is a male name of Ethiopian origin that may refer to: Tesfaye Abera (born 1992), Ethiopian long-distance runner Tesfaye Alebachew (born 1988), Ethiopian footballer
The text has 36 chapters in total, and gives the account of two separate revolts against Seleucid rule over Judea. The first account begins by stating that there was an idol-worshipping king of Media and Midian who is devoted to the cult of his idols.
Mvemba a Nzinga, Nzinga Mbemba, Funsu Nzinga Mvemba or Dom Alfonso (c. 1456–1542 or 1543), [1] also known as King Afonso I, was the sixth ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo from the Lukeni kanda dynasty and ruled in the first half of the 16th century.
Alaafin, or The custodian of the Palace in the Yoruba language, is the title of the king of the medieval Oyo empire [1] and present-day Oyo town of West Africa. It is the particular title of the Oba (king) of the Oyo. [2] It is sometimes translated as "emperor" in the context of ruler of empire.
Aṣ-ḥamah, also spelt as Aṣ-ḥama (Amharic: ንጉስ, Arabic: أَصْحَمَة), was the Negus (Arabic: ٱلنَّجَاشِيّ, romanized: An-Najāshī) ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum who reigned from 614 to 630 C.E.. [1] He is considered one of the influential black Sahabah, like Bilal Ibn Rabah, who shaped the course of early Islam. [3]