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A district in northwestern Ethiopia; the region around the Choke Mountains south of Lake Tana, and frontiering with the Sudan to the northwest. The Blue Nile forms the border on the east and south.
Ruler Name | Start Year | End Year | Notes | Dynasty | Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
To Ethiopia | c. 350 | 1752 | Gojam | ||
Dejazmach Yosedek Wolde Habib (Yosadiq) | 1752 | 1759 | Solomonic | Gojam | |
Talaku Hailu Yosadek (Yosadiq) | 1759 | 1785 | Gojam | ||
Merid Hailu | 1785 | 1799 | Gojam | ||
Gwalu Merid | 1799 | 1825 | Gojam | ||
Goshu Zewde | 1825 | 1852 | Gojam | ||
Tadla Gwalu | 1853 | 1855 | Gojam | ||
To Ethiopia | 1855 | 1868 | Gojam | ||
Desta Tadla | 1868 | 1869 | Gojam | ||
Mangasha Atikam | 1869 | 1874 | Gojam | ||
Desta Tadla | r. 1874 | 1874 | Gojam | ||
Tekle Haimanot | 1874 | 1910 | Crowned King in 1881. | Gojam | |
Bezibeh Hailu Tekle Haimanot | 1901 | 1936 | Vice-Governor until 1905; Prince from 1907. | Gojam | |
To Zion | 1914 | 1916 | Gojam | ||
To Italy | 1936 | 1941 | Gojam | ||
To Ethiopia | 1941 | Present | Gojam |
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