Nebahne Yohannes claimed the imperial title ''
nəgusä nägäst'' "King of Kings" of
Ethiopia
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(1709 – July 1710) during the reign of Emperor
Tewoflos.
According to
E. A. Wallis Budge, he was supported by Satuni Yohannes (who had been involved in the death of the previous Emperor,
Tekle Haymanot I, the brother of Tewoflos) and Mamo. Nebahne was caught in flight at
Ebenat, and after having his
nose and ears cut off was set free. However,
James Bruce
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states that Nebahne was supported by Tige, a former ''
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'', who had been imprisoned in
Hamasien
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but managed to escape to his kindred
Oromo where he raised an army. Bruce also writes that the decisive battle was fought at
Yebaba on 28 March 1709; although the ultimate fate of Nebahne Yohannes is unknown, Tige and his two sons were killed by a peasant who afterwards presented their heads to Emperor Tewoflos.
[Bruce, ''Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile'' (1805 edition), vol. 4 pp. 18–20]
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18th-century emperors of Ethiopia
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