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Yohannes IV

Emperor of Ethiopia from 1871 to 1889

  • Fame54.3
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Lived 1837–1889, aged 52
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    1837–1889
    Aged 52
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Summary
Updated 2026-06-09

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.

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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 Muham…

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