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Tafari was named Dejazmach (literally "commander of the gate", roughly equivalent to "count") at the age of 13, on 1 November
1905. Shortly thereafter, his father Ras Makonnen died at Kulibi, in 1906. Tafari, as governor of Harar Tafari assumed the titular
governorship of Selale in 1906, a realm of marginal importance, but one that enabled him to continue his studies. In 1907, he was
appointed governor over part of the province of Sidamo. It is alleged that during his late teens, Haile Selassie was married to
Woizero Altayech, and that from this union, his daughter Princess Romanework was born. Following the death of his brother
Yelma in 1907, the governorate of Harar was left vacant and its administration was left to Menelik's loyal general, Dejazmach
Balcha Safo. Balcha Safo's administration of Harar was ineffective, and so during the last illness of Menelik II, and the brief reign of
Empress Taitu Bitul, Tafari was made governor of Harar in 1911.
Source: Speaking Rastafari
FB Post ~ 07-22-2015
Added: 04-06-2018
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Ras Mekonnen Wolde Mikael Wolde Melekot
(May 8, 1852 – March 21, 1906
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Blessed Sabbath in the mighty name of H.I.M Qedamawi Haile Selassie and Empress Itege Menen !
And Blessed 168th Earth-Strong Anniversary of the Earthly Father of H.I.M QEDAMAWI HAILE SELASSIE , Ras Mekonnen Wolde
Mikael Wolde Melekot (May 8, 1852 – March 21, 1906).
Ras Makonnen, was a direct descendant from biblical King Solomon of Jerusalem and the legendary Queen of Sheba of the
Ethiopian Empire.
He was also a favorite to the Throne to succeed Emperor Menelik II. On many occasions He acted as foreign minister to represent
the Ethiopian Empire. And his report was as such, " there are a many quotes about him in many books ; this one is taken from the
Anicent Ethiopian Manuscript , " Lady Meux collection" Called ; ( Legends of our lady Mary " Maryam " the perpetual virgin and Her
mother Hanna ) which was stolen from Ethiopia and is in the British Museum. And was translated into English By E.A Wallis Budge
.
Quote--- " In 1902 His Highness Ras Makonnen K.C.M.G., Governor of Harrar and the Dependencies of Ethiopia, came to England to
be present at the Coronation of King Edward VII , and as soon as possible, by his sovereign's orders , he announced his arrival to
lady Meux.
He and his suite visited Theobalds Park one Sunday, and he and the ecclesiastics who were with him spent much time in
examining her manuscripts and Her reproductions of them .
His reverence for the manuscripts was great , and after bowing several times to the older manuscript of the Miracles of the Virgin
Maryam, he Knelt on the floor of the the museum and lifting the book on to the top of his head remained in this attitude and pray
for several minutes. A few days later later Lady Meux sent to him by me a set of her publications, and when I delivered the books at
His lodgings in Westminster the joy of himself and the bishops who were with him was unbounded... "
H.I.MQEDAMAWI HAILE SELASSIE has Spoken ;
The Autobiography of Emperor Haile Sellassie I
CHAPTER 1The story of my childhood up to my appointment as Dejazmatch (1892-1906)
" My father, His Highness Ras Makonnen, was the son of the Princess Tanagna Warq, the daughter of the great King Sahla Sellasse
of Shoa. His father was Dejazmatch Walda Mika’el Walda Malakot of the Doha and Manz nobility. He was born on the 1st of Genbot
1844 (= 8th May 1852) at a place called Darafo Maryam in the district of Gola. Ras Makonnen remained with his father for about 14
years; this was, of course, at a time when Menelik II, the son of Makonnen’s uncle King Hayla Malakot, was still only King of Shoa.
His father, Dejazmatch Walda Mika’el, then took him to Menelik and said: ‘Let this my son, your aunt’s offspring, grow up with you
in your palace’. And Menelik made Makonnen his special companion—quite apart from the chance fact of their family ties.
Subsequently, since King Menelik had become convinced of Makonnen’s loyalty and skill in the service of his government (having
tested him many times in various tasks to which he had appointed him), he raised him to the rank of Balambaras when he was
aged 24 in the year 1868 (= 1876). At this time Makonnen married Wayzaro Yashimabet, my mother, as his lawful wife.
While Menelik II was still only King in 1879 (= 1886/7), he conducted a military expedition into the Harar region and restored this
ancient province to Ethiopia. Since it had become known to him that my father was valorous in battle and a friend and leader of
soldiers, he appointed him, at the time of Harar’s occupation, Governor of the town and its province as well as Commander-in-
Chief with the rank of Dejazmatch. And similarly, after Menelik II had been anointed King of Kings of Ethiopia, he appointed my
father to the dignity of Ras in Miyazya 1882 (= April 1890).
When my father conducted military expeditions in the Harar region, he did so leaving behind in Shoa my mother, Wayzaro
Yashimabet, his lawfully wedded wife whom he had married according to Christian custom. When the war was over and the
country began to be pacified, he let her come to Harar.
He then secured the Ogaden region which had not yet been incorporated within Harar province. While temporarily he still had to
lay plans of war, he yet continued easing the tax-burdens which weighed heavily upon the population.
I was born on the 16th of Hamle 1884 (= 23rd July 1892), in the year of John, at Ejarsa Goro, not far from Harar. Wayzaro
Mazlaqiya, the daughter of my father’s sister Wayzaro Ehta Maryam, had married Dejazmatch Hayla Sellasse Abaynah; when I was
4 months old she gave birth to Emru (now Ras Emru), and the two of us grew up together as if we were twins. When we were aged
seven, my father arranged for a special teacher for us and we began receiving instruction at our home. In our tenth year, three
years after beginning our education, we were able to read and write Amharic and Ge’ez. Our upbringing was like that of the sons of
ordinary people, and there was no undue softness about it as was the case with princes of that period. My mother, Wayzaro
Yashimabet, being barely 30 years of age, died on the 6th of Magabit 1886 (= 14th March 1894) and was buried within the precinct
of St. Michael’s church at Harar, by the Epiphany water. All this I heard, of course, much later from those in charge of my
upbringing.
Many were the months which my father, H.H. Ras Makonnen, had to spend travelling to Addis Ababa and on military expeditions
to other provinces of Ethiopia—more, in fact, than he was able to remain in his own governorate of Harar. He also went to foreign
countries as envoy of the government.
Here are some of the journeys undertaken by my father: in 1881 (= 1888/9) he was sent to Italy; in 1888 (= 1895/6), during the
Alage campaign, he conducted the military expedition as Commander-in-Chief and was accompanied by Ras Wale, Ras Mika’el,
Ras Mangasha Atikam, Ras Alula, Dejatch Walde, Fitawrari Gabayahu, Fitawrari Takle, Liqa Miikwas Adnaw, and Qagnazmatch
Taffasa; in 1890 (= 1897/8) he undertook a campaign in western Ethiopia, at the Sudan border, into what is called Arab country;
this is the region nowadays referred to as Beni Shangul.
In 1891 (= 1898/9), since it had been reported that Ras Mangasha, the Governor of the Tigre province, had rebelled against
Emperor Menelik, Ras Makonnen was despatched into Tigre and brought about a reconciliation between Mangasha and the
Emperor. Subsequently, in order to safeguard the security of the province—just as he had done when he occupied Harar—he
remained in charge of Tigre for about two years and then returned. In 1894 (= 1902) he was sent to England for the coronation of
King Edward VII. In addition to all this, it was he who had to carry out and to conclude the whole business of relations with foreign
countries which is nowadays undertaken by Ministers of Foreign Affairs. And consequently he had to go to and fro to Addis Ababa
each year being summoned to consult with Emperor Menelik about every important matter as yet undecided, after
correspondence by post and conversations by telephone. As the railway did not yet exist as it does today, the journey by slow
march from Harar to Addis Ababa took a month.
Since my father had seen European civilization, having been to Europe twice, and since he was convinced of the value of educa
tion, through conversing with some of the foreigners who had come to Ethiopia, he strongly desired that I should learn from them
a foreign language. My father had established a hospital in his city of Harar and had brought into his employment a gentleman
from the French colony of Guadeloupe, a physician by the name of Dr. Vitalien. With this object in mind, my father arranged that
the doctor should teach us French an hour or so a day when he could be spared from curing the sick; and so we began our lessons.
My father had a strong desire to see the people get accustomed to the work of civilization which he had observed in Europe and to
make a start in his governorate. It was for this reason that he had established the first hospital in his city of Harar. A year after my
father’s death the French Government purchased this hospital, by the following accord, from Menelik II for 50,000 francs.
The Lion of the Tribe of Judah has prevailed.
Menelik II, Elect of God,
King of Kings of Ethiopia.
May it reach Dejazmatch Yelma. How are you? Thanks be to God, I am well. M. Klobukowski, the Special Envoy and Minister
Plenipotentiary in Ethiopia, has acquired, on behalf of the government of the French Republic, the hospital which Ras Makonnen
had established at Harar and to which the French Government had brought a doctor to care for the sick of our country. And,
therefore, have the ground-design and dimensions of this hospital measured and have the title-deeds written out and consign
them to M. Naggiar, the French Consul at Harar.
Given on the 29th Hamle 1899 (= 5th August 1907) at the city of Addis Ababa.
My father was anxious that I should learn French as quickly as possible, but because he became convinced that Dr. Vitalien’s
lesson of only an hour or so a day would not bring us closer to this target, he had a word with Abba Andreas who was a resident in
the city of Harar. He sent us an Ethiopian, called Abba Samuel, who had grown up as a pupil in his mission establishment. He set
out to teach us with care and attention. Even so, we did not give up our daily lessons with Dr. Vitalien.
Abba Samuel, our teacher, was the son of Alaqa Walda Kahen. He is the Walda Kahen who was converted to Catholicism at the
time when Abba Masyas of the Italian mission arrived in Shoa. It is for this reason that his son Abba Samuel had entered the
Catholic Mission compound and studied there. Abba Samuel was a good man who possessed great knowledge, who applied
himself to learning and to teaching, who in goodness and humility gathered knowledge like a bee from anyone, who was devoted
to the love of God and of his neighbour, and who did not strive to find enjoyment of the flesh but of the soul. I am saying this
because I had known him extremely well while we were together some ten years.
As has been observed in the preface of this book, I decided to write a record of my work beginning at the age of thirteen;
everything I had done prior to that was under the direction and guidance of my tutor. From the age of thirteen onwards, although
my physical strength may not have been great, my spiritual and intellectual powers began to increase gradually and thus had the
entrance gate of this world opened. And this was the time at which I started to act on my own will, without being ordered by my
tutor, distinguishing good and evil, and conscious that this action would offend others, that action would give pleasure, this being
damaging, that on the other hand useful—and thus I began to climb the ladder of introduction to the world.
As the love that existed between H.H. my father and myself was altogether special, I can feel it up to the present. He always used to
praise me for the work which I was doing and for my being obedient. His officers and his men used to love me respectfully because
they observed with admiration the affection which my father had for me.
I observed H.H. my father striving to fulfil, to the best of his ability, the Christian ordinances enjoined, by giving his money to the
poor in trouble and to the church, and by praying at every convenient hour. As I grew up, the spiritual desire was guiding me to
emulate him and so to conduct myself that his example should dwell within me. There was no-one who did not know that my
father’s way of life was as described here above, either in the Palace or among the clergy. Of the great of that period there are still
several alive at the time this book is being written, and everyone knows that it is not exaggerated. As my father noticed that all my
inclination was directed towards education, his joy was constantly increasing in the measure of his affection."
Pslams for the Sabbath :
5, 21, 87, 92, 100, 103, 133.
Rev ch 12 .
Blessings and guidance through the Sabbath:
Shine your light , shine your light in a Zion !
blessed are the people that knows the joyful !
Blessed 168 Anniversary Earth-Strong of Ras Makonnen ! up up up
Source: Nyahbinghi Rastafari ~ FB post ~ 8 May 2020
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Michael Clarke reacted to Tekle Selassie's photo. 10 May 2020, 22:37
"Give Adoration unto Jah only, but Ises and Veneration be also unto Ras Makonnen and all the Saints of I&I Faith and History.
He was born on 8th May. What's His tribe ? Simeon ? No indeed he was from Judah and transmitted this bloodline to His Majesty.
Therefore, tribe should not be determined by dates and astrological considerations only, for it is blood."
Give Adoration unto Jah only, but Ises and Veneration be also unto Ras Makonnen and all the Saints of I&I Faith and History.
He was born on 8th May. What's His tribe ? Simeon ? No indeed he was from Judah and transmitted this bloodline to His Majesty.
Therefore, tribe should not be determined by dates and astrological considerations only, for it is blood.
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