⌂ Atlas ☰ Read as a page The thread: How did a throne the great lords made and unmade become a fixed court at Gondar, Orthodox and closed to Rome?
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Key

The emperor and his court Kingmakers and rebels The Orthodox Church The Jesuits and Rome The Ottoman coast The imam of Yemen bond — succession, office, alliance conflict — war, revolt, prosecution

Sources & method

  1. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, 'Zädǝngǝl': Yaqob's deposition, Za Sellase's figurehead, Páez at the court, the battle of Barča, 13 Oct 1604 — source
  2. Merid Wolde Aregay, 'Za-Sellasé', Encyclopaedia Africana Dictionary of African Biography: the kingmaker, his change of sides and death in 1607 — source
  3. Coptic Encyclopedia, 'Petros III': the metropolitan's excommunications and death beside Yaqob at Gol, 10 Mar 1607 — source
  4. Belaynesh Michael, 'Susneyos', Dictionary of African Christian Biography: the proclamation of Dec 1604, Gol, the restoration of 1632, death at Danqaz — source
  5. Merid Wolde Aregay, 'Se'ela Krestos', Dictionary of African Christian Biography: governor of Gojjam, convert of 1612, exile under Fasilides — source
  6. W. L. Belcher, 'Walatta Petros', Dictionary of African Christian Biography: her preaching, trial, exile to Zhebey and the land at Qwarata, 1650 — source
  7. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, 'Bihono': the Lasta rising of 1629–32 and the battle of Wayna Daga, 7 June 1632 — source
  8. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, 'Lobo, Jerónimo': the landing at Beilul in 1625 and the hand-over at Massawa by Yohannes Akay, 20 May 1634 — source
  9. A. Martínez, 'The Portuguese–Jesuit Settlement of Fremona, Tigray: 1565–1640', ITYOPIS: the Jesuits ordered to Fremona, March 1633 — source
  10. James Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, vol. 2 (from the royal chronicles): Barcha, Gol, Akay's refuge, Libo, Gelawdewos's rebellion — source
  11. Afonso Mendes — Wikipedia (the oath of 11 Feb 1626, the ransom at Suakin) — source
  12. Fasilides — Wikipedia (Gondar c. 1636, the Libo campaign, the Yemen embassy of 1647–49) — source
Method. The chain of people follows a sourced account of the polity, 1600–1660; every claim the narration makes was checked against the sources above. Borders: historical-basemaps (A. Ourednik, GPL-3.0), the c.1600 snapshot, simplified — schematic, the right states in roughly the right places. Territorial changes: modern provinces (Natural Earth) or later snapshots standing in for historical ones. Portraits: each credited with its author, licence and source on the readable page. Relief: Esri World Physical Map. Narration: Azure neural voice.
A narrated polity atlas · 1600–1660

Ethiopia, 1600–1660

How did a throne the great lords made and unmade become a fixed court at Gondar, Orthodox and closed to Rome?
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