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Tekle Giyorgis II
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Tekle Giyorgis II was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1868 to 1871. After being crowned, he linked himself to the last independent emperors of the Gondar line through his mother and sought support from the E
Portrait of Tekle Giyorgis II by Théophile Lefebvre [fr] early 1850s
Portrait of Tekle Giyorgis II by Théophile Lefebvre [fr] early 1850s
Castle of Emperor Fasilides at Gondar. Tekle Giyorgis II invested greatly in the restoration of Gondar city and its monuments.
Castle of Emperor Fasilides at Gondar. Tekle Giyorgis II invested greatly in the restoration of Gondar city and its monuments.
British expedition to Abyssinia
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The British expedition to Abyssinia was a rescue mission and punitive expedition carried out in 1868 by the armed forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire. Emperor Tewodros II of Ethi
Tekle Giyorgis II
…him däggazmaó and governor of Wag province in 1862. Gobeze made his opening move even before the suicide of Emperor Tewodros II at the end of the 1868 British expedition to Ethiopia. When he rebelled, he initially went into exile before returning with an army assembled largely through the support of his maternal uncle, Dejazmach…
Tewodros' captives
Tewodros' captives
British naval and support ships in the Gulf of Zula, December 1867
British naval and support ships in the Gulf of Zula, December 1867
Elephants sent from India to transport the guns and shells for the expedition.
Elephants sent from India to transport the guns and shells for the expedition.
The Baloch Regiment in camp
The Baloch Regiment in camp