Haile Maryam Gebre

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Haile Maryam Gebre[note 1] of Semien, Horse name: Abba Dammana (lit: Father of the Cloud)[6] was an early 19th century governor of Semien, Welkait and Wogera. Haile Maryam tried to hold his hereditary possessions in the face of continuous pressure from rival lords during Ethiopia's Zemene Mesafint era. He is remembered as the guardian of Waldeba monastery.[1][3]

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  3. ^ a b Mordechai, Abir (1968). Ethiopia: the Era of the Princes: The Challenge of Islam and Re-unification of the Christian Empire, 1769-1855. London: Longmans, Green. pp. 32–33. ISBN 9780582645172. OCLC 729977710.
  4. ^ Weld-Blundell, Herbert Joseph (1922). The Royal Chronicle of Abbysinia, 1769-1840;. Cambridge University Press. p. 484-485.
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  6. ^ Pearce, Nathaniel (2014). "XVII". The Life and Adventures of Nathaniel Pearce: Written by Himself, during a Residence in Abyssinia from the Years 1810–1819; Together with Mr Coffin's Account of his First Visit to Gondar. Vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 193. ISBN 9781107450585.


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