* Master Thesis: Ethiopians in Diaspora Poll * Ethiopians in USA * Please vote! If you are willing to partcipate in a phone interview (20 min. max.) "Ethiopians and Rastafarians," please email Esther Sellassie Antohin with the phone number and time to call. Thanks. advertising? * Rediscover your past @ Classmates.com * * Free Scholarship Money For Your Advanced Degree * amazon.com: sellassie.com After the defeat by Ras Tafari of the army of Ras Mikael, father of the uncrown Emperor Yasu (grandson of Menelik II), he married Woizero Menen, mother of the Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Esther's grandfather. After this victory in 1917 Ras Tatafi became a regent and Zewditu, daughter of Menelik II -- Empress until 1930, when Ras Tafari was crown as Emperor Haile Sellassie I after the death of Empress Zewditu. Ras Tafari was supported by the Church and the Amhara Rases in his fight with Iyasu, because of the Islamization of the country Iyasu was undertaking. European powers (France and England) supported Ras Makonnen because Turky was their enemy in the WW I. That is the roots of HIM title "Defender of Faith"... This question of Muslim and Christian mixture and conflict of bloodlines and religions is more of the heritage nowadays. Im my view, not having real power serves the positive purpose of de-politization of the ancient conflicts. For more see Family Tree I and Family Directory Index @ Sellassie WWW or Sellassie Cyber Museum Family Dir. * See other Family Tree Pages and Women of the Family page. To be continued... GeoAlaska: Theatre & Film View GuestBook Sign My Guestbook webmaster GuestBooks: view * Sellassie Family Web * sign view * ArtCookBook * sign view * HIM * sign Family Tree Birth of Tafari Italian War Revolution 25 Years After H.S. Menelik Politics Today 1960: Lost Sons sellassie.com

Sellassie & Islam

Half of the Ethiopian population are Muslims and our readers often asked about Haile Sellassie and Islam. There several pages @ Sellassie Cyber University which address the Oromo or Eritrean issues. It's a well known fact that HIM was born in Harar, the Ethiopian capital of Islam and his mother was a Muslim (she died when Tarafi was two year old).

The Solomic dynasty line is well documented (read Kebra Negas), but the Islamic issues and the Prophet Muhammed (Muhammad) lineage was de-emphasised during the reign of Haile Sellassie. This page has a single purpose -- to bring light to Ras Tafari marriage to Menen, who brought with her the bloodline of the Prophet and came from the camp of enemies and rivals of her future husband.

Books Culture Religions Monarchy Traditions

Lij Iyasu was a grandson of Emperor Menelik II, but his father Negus Mikael was born a Muslim, Muhammad Ali (converted to Orthodoxy before his death in 1919).

Abdullah bin Muhammad al-Bakir, 5th in decent from the Prophet I Musa al-Qadim I Umar I Taji Allah I Yahya I Ishmail I Nur Ahmad I Kgalil I Ibrahim I Muhammad I Yagut I Yakob I Imam Nawr I Sani Allah I Isa I Aisha I Zayn al-Kner I Nur Husayn I Shams ad-Din I Nur ad-Din I Dwa ad-Din I Papu Imami Ali I I Imam Muhammad I I Imam Ahmad I Imam Muhammad II I Imam Lihan I Imam Ali II I Ras Mikael (Muhammad Ali), later Negus Mikael I Lij Iyasu, Emperor -- Woizero Sehin I Woizero Menen -- Emperor Haile Sellassie > Crown Prince Asfa Wossen

Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume II (1980)

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