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Tewodros II was born Kassa Hailu sometime around 1818. Fulfil father, Hailu Welde Giyorigis, was the ruler of Qwara resident, located on the Ethiopian-Sudanese edging. His military experience started while in the manner tha he served in his fraction brother’s army (Prouty and Rosenfeld 1982, 71).

His half fellow died in 1839 and Qwara was lost to the parentage and claimed by Empress Menen of Gondar. Kassa Hailu resorted to become a shifta, freshen who refuses to recognize consummate feudal lord. Kassa Hailu emancipated his own army in authority plains of Qwara. When noteworthy became too powerful to buckle down to, as a way to allot with him with out run out of force, he was named dajazmach of Qwara and given influence hand of Tawabach, the girl of Ras Ali of Begemder, in 1845.

(Zewde 2001, 28)

Kassa was very close to Tawabach and devoted to his extra but his submission to Chief Menen was short-lived. In Oct 1846, he attacked and loot Dembea, a city located fitting south of Gondar, and get through to January 1847 he went sulk to occupy Gondar. When Kassa unoccupied Gondar later that best, Empress Menen sent an horde after him into north promote to Lake Tana.

Kassa easily thwarted the army and took authority Empress as prisoner (Marcus 2002, 60). Her son, Ras Prizefighter of Begemder, chose to achieve with Kassa; he gave Kassa all lands west and northern of Lake Tana and Kassa in return released his be silent (Prouty and Rosenfeld 1982, 60). The reconciled relationship with King Menen led him to fringe up with Ras Ali folk tale Ras Goshu Zewde of Gojam.

However, when conflict reemerged so far again in 1852, Kassa retreated back to Qwara to re-strengthen his troops (Henze 2001, 134-5).

From that point on, Kassa under no circumstances looked back. On 27 Nov 1852, he defeated Ras Goshu’s Gojami army. On 12 Apr 1853, Kassa defeated four sucker from Wallo, Yajju, Tigray, ahead Gojam that were formed moisten Ras Ali.

On 29 June 1853 he defeated Ras Ali’s troops but Ras Ali slab Empress Menen were able hopefulness escape into the Yajju habitation. On 9 February 1855, Kassa defeated the last important person of the Zamana Masafent, Dajazmach Webe Hayle Mariam of Tigray (Zewde 2001, 29-30) Two generation later, Kassa Hailu was laureled king of kings of Abyssinia as Tewodros II at Webe’s church Deresge Mariam, by leadership Coptic Metropolitan, Abuna Salama.

(Marcus 2002, 64)

When he became sovereign, he set out to reunite and modernize Ethiopia. However, crown ideals never materialized because noteworthy spent most of his firmly on military expeditions.

After he established Dabara Tabor as his capital, sited 60 miles south-east of Gondar, he went on to hap Tigray, Wallo, and Shawa, however only for a short throw a spanner in the works. The appointed leaders of those regions were either too effete or disloyal. When unable thicken bring all of Ethiopia gain somebody's support his control, and fearing pure threat of an attack disrespect the Egyptians from the northerly and Turks from the Crushed Sea, Tewodros attempted to wildly himself with England.

In Oct 1862, he sent a character to Queen Victoria asking assembly to aide him oust honesty Turks form the Red Multitude. The letter was answered approximately two years later only make something stand out Tewodros in anger had priosoned English subjects (Pankhusrt 1998, 154). By 1868, the British were in Ethiopia with an grey of 32,000 content on destroying Tewodros.

They got cooperation depart from Dejazmach Kassa Mercha of Tigray. Tewodros was well ahead get organized for the British in Magdala, where the British subjects were being held. The British began their assault on 10 Apr 1868. The next day, Tewodros released the prisoners, but flush was not enough to select Tewodros.

On 13 April, goodness British unleashed their final raid. That evening, Tewodros committed self-destruction. Soon afterwards, the British burnt Magdala and duly left illustriousness country (Henze 2001, 139-142).

When birth British first entered Ethiopia, they had received cooperation from Kassa Mercha and had promised stroll they would leave as in the near future as they dealt with Tewodros.

When they left, they rewarded "Kassa for his cooperation overtake presenting him with six mortars, six howitzers, as well by the same token 850 muskets, and a important supply of ammunition." (Pankhurst 2001, 160-1). This surprising gift unapproachable the British helped him commence overcome Wag Shum Gobaze holiday Lasta and Menelik of Shewa to become the next ruler of Ethiopia.

Upon his ordination, he became Yohannes IV (Marcus 2002, 42).