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Fasilides

1603 - 1667

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Fasilides (Ge'ez: ፋሲለደስ; Fāsīladas; 20 November 1603 – 18 October 1667), also known as Fasil, Basilide, or Basilides (as in the works of Edward Gibbon), was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1632 to his death on 18 October 1667, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. His throne name was Alam Sagad (Ge'ez: ዓለም ሰገድ). Renowned as the founder of Gondar, the capital of the Ethiopian Empire, Fasilides ushered in the Gondarine period. Notably, he confiscated and exiled the Jesuits, while also establishing security alliances with neighboring Islamic sultanates. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fasilides is the 4,621st most popular politician (up from 12,386th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Ethiopia (up from 33rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fasilides ranks 4,621 out of 19,576. Before him are Sabuktigin, Emperor Ingyō, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Sam Nujoma, George Read, and Trisong Detsen. After him are Moša Pijade, Emperor Shōmu, Antti Aarne, Franz Josef Strauss, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, and Prince Charles, Count of Flanders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1603, Fasilides ranks 6. Before him are Abel Tasman, Roger Williams, Joseph of Cupertino, Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, and Lennart Torstensson. After him are Adam Olearius, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Aert van der Neer, Yerofey Khabarov, Francesco Furini, and Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1667, Fasilides ranks 8. Before him are Francesco Borromini, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Fatma Sultan, Gabriël Metsu, Marie Louise Gonzaga, and Johann Jakob Froberger. After him are Nicolas Sanson, Alonzo Cano, Peter Snayers, Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau, Cornelis van Poelenburgh, and Thomas de Keyser.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Fasilides ranks 19 out of 105. Before him are Onuphrius (320), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Abiy Ahmed (1976), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), and Amha Selassie (1916). After him are Dawit II (1496), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), Susenyos I (1572), Hailemariam Desalegn (1965), Meles Zenawi (1955), and Abdiqasim Salad (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Fasilides ranks 16. Before him are Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Abiy Ahmed (1976), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), and Amha Selassie (1916). After him are Dawit II (1496), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), Susenyos I (1572), Hailemariam Desalegn (1965), Meles Zenawi (1955), and Abdiqasim Salad (1941).

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