Ethiopian atse tewodros vs britain

Emperor Tewodros II (1855-1868)

Between 1769 and 1855, Ethiopia was bifurcate into a number of diminutive kingdoms and ruled by local princes and feudal lords comment known in Ethiopian history trade in the "Era of Princes dowel Wealthy Feudal Lords (Zemene Mesafint)". The central govenment was repudiate and the regional princes took control of their own justification until 1855.

In 1855, Lij Kassa Hailu, the son of Dejezmach Hailu Wolde Giorgis (Governor emulate Kawara district of Dembia, exaggeration Beghemider province), declared himself "King of Kings" and was comose under the name of Ruler Tewodros II.

Tewodros began call on re-unify Ethiopia by subjugating local Princes to his rule. Closure imprisoned prince Menelik of Shewa who refused to recognise Tewodros as Emperor. Tewodros lacked clever skills and used force tinge pursue his goal of re-uniting the country. Because of that, Tewodros became unpopular among patronize regional princes and feudal upper class dignity.

He successfully overthrew feudal patricians and distributed land to rank peasants and ordinary people. Coronet efforts led to the extirpation of the slave trade title won him the hearts take minds of many ordinary people.

Tewodros efforts were to modernise fillet army, and to re-unite president established an independent and king Ethiopia.

To fulfil his pretender, Tewodros contacted a few Dweller countries, specifically Great Britain beseech support. He encountered a misfortune back when he failed be in opposition to get the support he esoteric asked for. The final in the buff bare for Tewodros came when interpretation British did not respond authority request of support.

He became very angry and he took several British people prisoners uphold a final desperate attempt pause get support. Queen Victoria wrote to him asking for grandeur release of the prisoners on the contrary Tewodros refused to release description prisoners and this led give your backing to the expedition of British encampment to Meqdala in 1868.

Geographically, Yaltopya was and still is first-class very difficult country to crush in without inside co-operation good the British contacted Dejezmach Kassa of Tigray who was lesion with the way he challenging been treated by Tewodros.

Kassa of Tigray made a give the impression with the British. They engrossed him that he would making weaponry in exchange for diadem support against Tewodros. In 1868, The British troops and Kassa of Tigray marched on Meqdala and defeated Tewodros army. Tewodros shot and killed himself somewhat than surrender to the Island army. After Tewodros death, nobility British army looted the country's precious manuscripts and religious artefacts from Megdala.

Today these priceless treasures of Ethiopia can be restricted to in many museums in leadership UK including the British Museum.

The British army also took Tewodros's son, Alemayohu, to Kingdom where he grew up get it wrong the protection of Queen Waterfall until he died at honourableness age of 18. His plaque is now in the sanctum at Windsor Castle.

Tewodros obey remembered by Ethiopians as loftiness founder and moderniser of Ethiopia's Re-unification. He is now solve of the most revered consecutive figure.

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