Robēl

Robēl

Robēl

Ethiopian general and governor (died 1529)

Robēl (Ge’ez: ሮቤል died 9 March 1529) was a general and governor in the Ethiopian Empire under Lebna Dengel. He was killed in The Battle of Shimbra Kure.

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Biography

A native of Tegre, little is known of Robēl's life before the Ethiopian-Adal War however Robēl is mentioned in Ethiopian sources as the Governor of Dawaro and Amba Geshen while in Muslim sources he is simply referred to as a Patrician from Tegre.[1][2] He along with his younger brother Aqba Mikā’īl were both killed in Shimbra Kure. The Muslim Chronicler notes that Robēl was killed by an equerry of Imam Ahmad Gurey at Shimbra Kure while his younger brother, Aqba Mikā’īl was killed by The Imam himself.[3] His eldest son Amda Mikā’īl was killed by Abu Bakr Qatin during the Battle of Dakan Dur.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Budge, E. A. A History of Ethiopia: Volume I (Routledge Revivals): Nubia and Abyssinia. Routledge. p. 333.
  2. [2]
    The Tragedy of Emperor Libne-Dingil of Ethiopia (1508-1540) pg.44
  3. [3]
    Sihab ad-Din Ahmad bin 'Abd al-Qader, Futuh al-Habasa: The conquest of Ethiopia, translated by Paul Lester Stenhouse with annotations by Richard Pankhurst (Hollywood: Tsehai, 2003), pp. 84
  4. [4]
    Faqih, Arab (2003). The Conquest of Abyssinia. Tsehai Publishers & Distributors. p. 180. ISBN 9780972317269.
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