Asfaw Wossen (ruler of Shewa)

Asfaw Wossen
Merid Azmach
Ruler of Shewa
Reignc. 1770 – c. 1808
PredecessorAmha Iyasus
SuccessorWossen Seged
Burial
Ankober, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
FatherAmha Iyasus

Asfa Wossen (Amharic: አስፋ ወሰን, Amharic pronunciation: [wɔsːən]) was a ruler of Shewa of the Ethiopian Empire from about 1770 to 1808, an important Amhara noble of Ethiopia. He was the son of Amha Iyasus; Mordechai Abir notes that he was one of Amha Iyasus' 48 offspring.[1]

  1. ^ Abir, Ethiopia: The Era of the Princes; The Challenge of Islam and the Re-unification of the Christian Empire (1769-1855) (London: Longmans, 1968), p. 148 n.3.