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    Fasilides (Ge'ez: ፋሲለደስ; Fāsīladas; 20 November 1603 – 18 October 1667), also known as Fasil, Basilide, or Basilides (as in the works of Edward Gibbon)...
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    Emperor Fasilides to a pool beside the Angereb, where an "old and venerable hermit" told the Emperor he would locate his capital there. Fasilides had the...
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    Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It was founded in the 17th century by Emperor Fasilides and was the home of Ethiopian emperors. Its unique architecture shows...
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    In 1632, Emperor Fasilides halted Roman Catholic state administration, restoring Orthodox Tewahedo as the state religion. Fasilides' reign solidified...
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    Dengel Yaqob Za Dengel Yaqob Susenyos I Gondarine period (1632–1769) Fasilides Yohannes I Iyasu the Great Tekle Haymanot I Tewoflos Yostos Dawit III...
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    Fasilides Castle, Ethiopia...
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    other sons of Fasilides on Mount Wehni, continuing the practice Fasilides had revived. Yohannes was the eldest son of Emperor Fasilides and succeeded...
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    instructed by the East India Company to sue for peace. Ethiopian Emperor Fasilides dispatched an embassy to India in 1664–65 to congratulate Aurangzeb upon...
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    faith of the local Ethiopians. On 25 June 1632, Susenyos's son, Emperor Fasilides, declared the state religion to again be Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity...
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    The bridge was built by Emperor Fasilides during the mid 17th century. According to Ethiopian legend, Emperor Fasilides was said to have been in possession...
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    member of the Solomonic dynasty, others consider him—rather than his son, Fasilides—as the founder of the Gondar line of the dynasty (which is, however, ultimately...
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  • son of Gebre Mesay, allegedly a descendant of a younger son of Emperor Fasilides. He was a figurehead, set on the throne by the Enderase or Regent, Ras...
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    destroyed in 1540 during the Ethiopian-Adal war; then, from the reign of Fasilides (1632–1667) until the mid-18th century, at Wehni. Rumors of these royal...
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    Ethiopia. The Fasilides of Ethiopia sent three diplomatic missions to Yemen, but the relations did not develop into a political alliance as Fasilides had hoped...
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  • Fuerza castle San Pedro de la Roca Castle Fortaleza Ozama Guzara Castle Fasilides Castle Kusquam Castle Fort Jesus Lord Egerton Castle (Ngata) Murzuk Castle...
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    starting with Susenyos I in 1606 (although often credited to his son Fasilides who established his capital at Gondar) ended its rule with the fall of...
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    Dengel Yaqob Za Dengel Yaqob Susenyos I Gondarine period (1632–1769) Fasilides Yohannes I Iyasu the Great Tekle Haymanot I Tewoflos Yostos Dawit III...
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    Fasilides, who promptly restored Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity as the state religion. He then in 1633 expelled the Jesuits, and in 1665 Fasilides ordered...
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    Gondarian) was a period of Ethiopian history between the ascension of Emperor Fasilides in 1632 and a period of decentralization in 1769, known as the Zemene...
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  • times, most recently in the 17th century during the reign of Emperor Fasilides. Beta Samati Beta Samati, near Edaga Rebua, Mezbir Kingdom of Aksum, Ethiopia...
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    Dengel Yaqob Za Dengel Yaqob Susenyos I Gondarine period (1632–1769) Fasilides Yohannes I Iyasu the Great Tekle Haymanot I Tewoflos Yostos Dawit III...
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    the dangerous gap by rope. This historic bridge was built by Emperor Fasilides in approximately 1660 with Roman bridge technology brought to Ethiopia...
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    Adiyam Saggad or Emperor Iyasu the Great, who was the grandson of Emperor Fasilides of the Gondar branch of the Solomonic dynasty; and via his father Wagshum...
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    Dengel Yaqob Za Dengel Yaqob Susenyos I Gondarine period (1632–1769) Fasilides Yohannes I Iyasu the Great Tekle Haymanot I Tewoflos Yostos Dawit III...
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    Barradas wrote that Aksum was no more than a small village. In 1655, Fasilides had the church restored. Its dedication was celebrated by his daughter...
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    piano playing and compositions Eskender, Emperor of the Ethiopian Empire Fasilides, Emperor of the Ethiopian Empire Gebre Hanna, dabtara renowned in Amharic...
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    emperor Fasilides of Ethiopia sent three diplomatic missions to Yemen, but relations did not develop into a political alliance as Fasilides had hoped...
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  • Yaqob, Emperor (1597–1603, 1604–1606) Susenyos I, Emperor (1606–1632) Fasilides, Emperor (1632–1667) Yohannes I, Emperor (1667–1682) Iyasu I, Emperor...
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    the Red Sea to them. Reacting to these challenges, in the 1630s Emperor Fasilides founded the new capital of Gondar, marking the start of a new golden age...
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    whose tombs are also on Daga include Dawit I, Zara Yaqob, Za Dengel, and Fasilides. Other important islands in Lake Tana include Dek, Mitraha, Gelila Zakarias...
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