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According to Henze, some of Asfa Wossen's administrative measures included tax reforms, and placing a personal representative in each district. Henze quotes the opinion of a contemporary chronicler, who wrote that "under Asfa Wossen a small group of five or six Amhara could travel without danger from
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Emperor's troops kept him from advancing and the Emperor Tekle Giyorgis "hardening his heart destroyed the gates of the monasteries and broke the spears and their swords and marched to the frontiers of Shewa." According to Mordechai Abir, mutual friends (and the pressure of
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Abir considers Asfa Wossen "more of an administrator than a war leader", noting the
Meridazmach's administrative innovations of Shewa. "However, when the need arose, Asfa Wossen proved himself to be as brave and talented a warrior as he was a good administrator." Levine concurs in this assessment:
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upon the
Emperor) made peace between the two. Donald Levine adds that Asfa Wossen "handled the situation with characteristic Shoan adroitness": on the one hand he argued that if he extended his domains it was the expense of their common enemy, the Oromo; on the other, he "heaped gifts upon the
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emperor and his lieutenants". Meridazmach Asfa Wossen paid tribute to the
Emperor, who then returned to Gondar; this was the last time an Emperor exacted tribute from Shewa until the reign of
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About the time Asfa Wossen had made some progress in consolidating his hold on Shewa, the
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In his last years Asfa Wossen lost his sight, and underwent a period of suffering. Following his death, his body was buried in his capital of
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were strengthened. One step in this process led Asfa Wossen to follow the advice of his father confessor and embrace the doctrine of the
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parts of Shewa, Asfa Wossen campaigned viciously against the
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