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Military gains made by the monarchist Ethiopian Democratic Union in Begemder were rolled back when that party split just as it was on the verge of capturing the old capital of Gondar.
Her father's mother was a daughter of Ras Guga, a member of the powerful ruling family of Yejju, which was of Oromo origin and had converted to Christianity from Islam, and which had ruled as Regents for the powerless Emperors in Gondar during the Zemene Mesafint (" Era of the Princes ").
Taytu's mother Yewubdar was from a minor noble family of Gondar.
She requested permission to go to Gondar in November 1917 to end her days, but was refused ; three months later she was dead.
Kassa's mother, Woizero Atitegeb Wondbewossen, was of the upper nobility, and was originally from Gondar.
When Kassa was very young, his parents divorced and Woizero Atitegeb moved back to Gondar taking her son with her.
A puppet Emperor of the dynasty was enthroned in Gondar by one warlord, only to be dethroned and replaced by another member of the Imperial dynasty when a different warlord was able to seize Gondar and the reins of power.
Aweke was born in 1959 in Gondar, Ethiopia, and was raised in the capital city of Addis Ababa.
According to the Beta Israel tradition, the Jewish kingdom of Beta Israel, later called the kingdom of Gondar, was initially established after Ezana was crowned as the Emperor of Axum ( in 325 CE ).
The capital of Ethiopia, Gondar, in Dembiya, was surrounded by Beta Israel lands.
Although the capital was nominally in Gondar during this time period, the decentralization of government and dominance by regional capitals resulted in a decline and exploitation of Beta Israel by local rulers.
As the traveller James Bruce noted, Adwa was situated on a piece of " flat ground through which every body must go in their way from Gondar to the Red Sea "; the person who controlled this plain could levy profitable tolls on the caravans which passed through.
Emperor Yohannes III ( c. 1824 – c. 1873 ) was the last of the elder " Gondar " line of the Solomonic dynasty to reign over Ethiopia.
He reached Gondar, then the capital of Ethiopia 14 February 1770, where he was well received by the
The 1st Battalion was shipped to Alexandria and after garrison duties followed by a raid into the Gondar region of Abyssinia, they were sent back to the Western Desert where they were eventually attached to the 10th Indian Infantry Division and fought at the Battle of El Alamein.
Though he died six months after the fall of Khartoum, Abdalla's call was fully echoed by his successor, Abdallahi ibn Muhammad who invaded Ethiopia in 1887, penetrating as far as Gondar, and the remainder of northern Sudan and Egypt in 1889.
Instead, Frusci was ordered to hold the more easily defended mountain passes on the roads running eastward from Kassala to Agordat and from Metemma to Gondar.

Gondar and into
Lying on the main trade route from Sennar to Gondar ( some 90 miles to the east ) as well as being the center of the frontier province of Ras al-Fil, Gallabat grew into a trade center of some importance.
Lying on the main trade route from Sennar to Gondar ( some 90 miles to the east by south ), Metemma / Gallabat grew into a trade center of some importance.
With supplies running low and with no chance of re-supply, the Duke of Aosta opted to concentrate the remaining Italian forces into several strongholds: Gondar, Amba Alagi, Dessie, and Gimma.
Empress Mentewab gathered her relatives from her native Qwara and their forces flooded into Gondar to support her claims.
From mid-1976 into 1977, the EDU broadcast radio programs into Ethiopia from the Sudan, and also launched a military campaign into Begemder that almost captured Gondar.

Gondar and several
When Bruce was leaving Gondar, Ras Mikael Sehul, the powerful Inderase ( regent ) of Emperor Tekle Haymanot II, gave him several of the most valuable Ethiopic manuscripts and among them was a copy of the Kebra Nagast.
At the same time, security forces arrested dozens of locally prominent CUD members in Gondar, Dessie, Wondo Genet, Kombolcha and Jinka ; unconfirmed reports of arrests following a similar pattern came from several other towns.
After several months of attacks, the British convinced Colonel Angelini to surrender the town 6 July 1941, allowing the British to advance towards the organized Italian resistance around Gondar under the command of Guglielmo Nasi, who by this point was the acting Viceroy and Governor-General of Italian East Africa.
This may be same village of the Bet Israel that Samuel Gobat visited in 1830 ; although he does not name the village, from his account the village he visited was clearly close enough to Gondar for him to travel there, speak to several of its inhabitants, then return to Gondar all in the same day.
Empress Mentewab built several significant structures in Gondar, including her own castle in the Royal Enclosure, and a large banqueting hall as well.

Gondar and Addis
No 3: north from Addis Ababa across the Blue Nile at Dejen and again at Bahir Dar east around Lake Tana 979 km via Gondar and Aksum to Adwa.
Designated part of the Cairo-Cape Town Trans-African Highway 4 ( TAH 4 ) from Addis Ababa to Gondar, and part of TAH 6 from Wereta to Gondar
The 80th Colonial Division was brought from Gondar and the remaining two battalions of the Savoia Grenadiers from Addis Ababa.
During the Second World War, Italian forces made their last stand in Gondar in November 1941, after Addis Ababa fell to British forces six months before.
* The View From Gondar: Part III, Gorgora by John Graham ( Addis Tribune )

Gondar and where
In Ethiopia, where it is cultivated as a vegetable in Gondar, Harar and Shewa, the shoots and leaves are consumed cooked and the seeds used as a spice.
Tekle Giyorgis marched from Gondar to Gojjam, where he expected to deal with Ras Hailu first, but the Ras managed to evade him and cross the Abay to join Dejazmach Ali.
When Hezqeyas reached Kemekem, he was joined there by Dejazmach Hailu Eshte, Fitawrari Ikonyan, Dejazmach Hailu Terbenos, and others ; reinforced, Hezqeyas marched back to Gondar and Tekle Giyorgis abandoned the city, proceeding to Gojjam by way of Dengel Ber, where he was joined by Ras Haile Yosadiq, and together they marched on Gondar.
It appears that in 1792 Emperor Hezqeyas acted against his primary supporter, Ras Aligaz: that year Hezqeyas, Abuna Yosab and Ichege Wolde Iyasus held a council where they declared that they will " not submit to the Galla " -- a clear reference to either Aligaz or his family ; the Royal Chronicle records that later that year a battle was fought near Gondar where the Emperor and the two leaders of the Ethiopian church were defeated.
When Hezqeyas heard that his rival had left Emakina, he advanced at the head of an army from Gondar, first to Tsenjana, then to the house of Dejazmach Haile Eshte where they were joined by Ras Aligaz, where they " took counsel together.
Salomon was forced to flee Gondar, and took refuge in Axum where he lived under the protection of Ras Wolde Selassie.
In May 1797, while Tekle Giyorgis was campaigning in Begemder, Salomon disappeared from Tekle Giyorgis ' camp and made his way back to Gondar where he received by Ras Mare ' ed.
While Ras Yimam was away in Gojjam campaigning against Dejazmach Goshu Zewde, Dejazmach Haile Maryam marched from Semien to Gondar where replaced Emperor Gigar with his own choice, Baeda Maryam.
Further once Tekle Giyorgis was safely out of the picture, his puppet Emperor Hezqeyas met with Abuna Yosab and Ichege Wolde Iyasus where all agreed that they would " not submit to the Galla " -- a clear reference to either Aligaz or his family ; the Royal Chronicle records that later that year a battle was fought near Gondar where the Emperor and the two leaders of the Ethiopian church were defeated.
Despite his power over the throne, the populace rebelled ; Ras Mikael responded with a reign of terror over Gondar ( 1770 ), but failed to control the countryside where the armies of Fasil, Goshu of Amhara, and Wand Bewossen of Begemder allied to fight him.
Most significantly she built a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary at Qusquam ( named for a site in Egypt where the Holy Family had stayed during their exile ) in the mountains outside of Gondar.

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