# Yohannes IV

> He held the throne for eighteen years, beat back an Egyptian army, and died sword in hand at Gallabat. The emperor who toured his governors, armed himself with British guns, and forced conversion on Muslims in the name of reversing a conquest from three hundred years before.

*Emperor of Ethiopia from 1871 to 1889*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/yohannes-iv

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Born:** 1837-07-11
- **Died:** 1889-03-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Lij Kahssai Mercha on 11 July 1837, he came up through rebellion against Tewodros II in the 1860s. He helped the British in their 1868 expedition that ended in Tewodros' suicide and took the payment in ammunition and artillery. King of Tigray by 1869, emperor by 1871. He kept Tewodros' unification drive alive, touring regions and bending governors into line. He saw Islam as a fracture in the state and ordered forced conversions, framing it as payback for Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi's wars four centuries back. He fought Isma'il Pasha's Egypt, repelled the invasion, then turned to face Muhammad Ahmad's Mahdist uprising. On 10 March 1889, at the Battle of Gallabat, he fell.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 1.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Journalist, #Politics, #19th Century

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315659)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohannes_IV)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Yohannes%20IV)
- [يوحنس الرابع](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9)
- [Jan IV. Etiopský](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_IV._Etiopsk%C3%BD)
- [Yohannes IV.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohannes_IV.)
- [Ιωάννης Δ΄ της Αιθιοπίας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%89%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%94%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%B8%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Juan IV de Etiopía](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_IV_de_Etiop%C3%ADa)
- [Johannes IV. (Ethioopien)](https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_IV._(Ethioopien))
- [Yohannes IV](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohannes_IV)
- [יוהנס הרביעי, קיסר אתיופיה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A1_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%99%2C_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%A8_%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%94)
- [Ivan IV. Etiopski](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_IV._Etiopski)
- [Yohanes IV dari Etiopia](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohanes_IV_dari_Etiopia)
- [Giovanni IV d'Etiopia](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_IV_d'Etiopia)
- [Iohannes IV (imperator Aethiopiae)](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iohannes_IV_(imperator_Aethiopiae))
- [इथियोपियाचा चौथा योहानेस](https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8)
- [Yohannes IV dari Habsyah](https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohannes_IV_dari_Habsyah)
- [Yohannes IV av Etiopia](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohannes_IV_av_Etiopia)
- [Jan IV Kassa](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_IV_Kassa)
- [João IV da Etiópia](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_IV_da_Eti%C3%B3pia)
- [Yohannes al IV-lea al Etiopiei](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohannes_al_IV-lea_al_Etiopiei)
- [Йоханныс IV](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%81_IV)
- [Yōḥānnis IV od Etiopije](https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8D%E1%B8%A5%C4%81nnis_IV_od_Etiopije)
- [Johannes IV.](https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_IV.)
- [Јоханес IV](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81_IV)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Giovanni_IV_d'Etiopia)
- [ዮሐንስ ፬ኛ](https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8B%AE%E1%88%90%E1%8A%95%E1%88%B5_%E1%8D%AC%E1%8A%9B)
- [يوحنس الرابع](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9)

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