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disagreeable appearance, being covered with dust and other impurities. The king occupies but a single room. This is decently furnished for this country, and divided by white curtains. After I had completed my examination of the mansion, he asked me if I had ever seen so superb an edifice. "Yes," said I, "I think I may have seen some in my own country that might bear a comparison with it." "What!" he exclaimed with surprise, "are there indeed men at the present day who are capable of executing such magnificent works?"
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Gospels and Acts, which
Emperor Gigar returned a few days later, explaining that "he had already had a considerable number of books, and would consequently much prefer that I should give him something that might be more serviceable to him -- a little cloth, a piece of silk, or some other piece of merchandise."
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It must have been once a fine edifice, and although now in ruins, it is far superior to anything I had expected to see in
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he was proclaimed
Emperor. Although he "laid aside the cowl of St. Anthony, and assumed the crown and title of sovereignty," Gobat notes that "the first was much more becoming his character, and far more suitable to the energies of his mind." At the time Gobat met Gigar, the Emperor was said to be 86
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Gobat noted several signs of Gigar's ineffectual status, most notably his poverty: "he lives upon the contributions of the grandees of his dominions, who furnish him with whatever their generosity prompts them to bestow." Gobat had made a present of printed copies of an
Amharic translation of the
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Gobat mentioned Gigar dwelled in a "small circular house, built by Joas, on the ruins of part of the palace". The emperor then gave Gobat a tour of the palace, which the missionary describes:
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Budge considers him the son of Iyasus and brother of Iyoas.
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55:provide an accessible overview
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1276:18th-century Ethiopian people
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123:April 1826 – 14 February 1831
354:Gobat met him 30 March 1830.
700:Zara Yaqob (Kwestantinos I)
193:Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo
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546:Emperors of Ethiopia
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490:Emperor of Ethiopia
463:Emperor of Ethiopia
365:Wallis Budge, E. A.
220:Emperor of Ethiopia
86:Emperor of Ethiopia
880:Era of the Princes
1286:Solomonic dynasty
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912:Tekle Haymanot II
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1122:Yohannes III
1115:Sahle Dengel
1108:Yohannes III
1101:Sahle Dengel
1094:Yohannes III
1087:Sahle Dengel
1073:Sahle Dengel
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756:Sarsa Dengel
686:Sarwe Iyasus
679:Takla Maryam
630:Amda Seyon I
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42:lead section
1271:1832 deaths
1165:Yohannes IV
1151:Tewodros II
1143:(1855–1974)
996:Salomon III
975:Salomon III
905:Susenyos II
891:Yohannes II
883:(1769–1855)
798:(1632–1769)
693:Amda Iyasus
605:Qedma Asgad
600:Hezba Asgad
571:(1270–1632)
560:Family tree
216: 1745
159: 1745
128:Predecessor
100:Predecessor
1260:Categories
1172:Menelik II
919:Salomon II
813:Yohannes I
784:Susenyos I
742:Gelawdewos
658:Tewodros I
623:Wedem Arad
615:Saba Asgad
438:, pp. 429f
63:March 2022
1225:1936–1941
1179:Lij Iyasu
933:Iyasu III
848:Dawit III
806:Fasilides
770:Za Dengel
610:Jin Asgad
423:A History
412:, p. 177.
399:, p. 170.
386:, p. 169.
367:(1970) .
302:Sabagadis
266:Dejazmach
138:Successor
110:Successor
47:summarize
1223:Between
1059:Iyasu IV
1031:Iyoas II
1017:Demetros
1003:Demetros
947:Hezqeyas
862:Iyasu II
834:Tewoflos
735:Dawit II
672:Andreyas
665:Yeshaq I
500:Iyasu IV
456:Iyoas II
425:, p. 481
329:Enderase
317:Iyasu IV
257:Begemder
240:Iyoas II
189:Religion
142:Iyasu IV
104:Iyoas II
1216:crowned
1186:Zewditu
869:Iyoas I
855:Bakaffa
651:Dawit I
436:Journal
434:Gobat,
410:Journal
408:Gobat,
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395:Gobat,
384:Journal
382:Gobat,
178:Dynasty
1214:Never
841:Yostos
274:Semien
1052:Gigar
1038:Gigar
982:Yonas
777:Yaqob
763:Yaqob
749:Menas
728:Na'od
335:Notes
261:Oromo
253:Marye
230:Reign
205:Ge'ez
201:Gigar
120:Reign
92:Reign
80:Gigar
593:Sons
550:List
313:Dori
165:Died
152:Born
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