Mekonnen Welde Mikael

Ras Makonnen Wolde Mikael Wolde Melekot, or simply Ras Makonnen, Horse name: Abba Qagnew, was an Ethiopian royal from Shewa, a military leader, the governor of Harar, and the father of future Emperor Haile Selassie. Described by Nikolai Gumilev as "one of the greatest leaders of Abyssinia", he served in the First Italo-Ethiopian War, playing a key role at the Battle of Adwa.