Yohannes IV was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1871 until his death in 1889 at the Battle of Gallabat, and king of Tigray from 1869 to 1871. During his reign, he repelled a large-scale Egyptian invasion and

Ras Araya Selassie Yohannes was a son of Emperor Yohannes IV from his wife Masitire Selassie, a daughter of a Muslim Afar chieftain whom he married after she was Christened. Araya was nominated Crown