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Sahle Dengel

1778 - 1855

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Sahle Dengel (Ge'ez: ሣህለ ድንግል; 1778 – 11 February 1855) was Emperor of Ethiopia intermittently between 1832 and 11 February 1855, towards the end of the Zemene Mesafint. He was largely a figurehead, with real power in the hands of Ras Ali II of Yejju. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sahle Dengel is the 12,545th most popular politician (up from 16,322nd in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Ethiopia (up from 48th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sahle Dengel ranks 12,545 out of 19,576. Before him are Ivo Lapenna, Zipoetes I of Bithynia, Zhang Dejiang, Luis Moreno Ocampo, Eva Joly, and Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan. After him are Jacob Aall, Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Sophia of Hungary, Zotto, and Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Sahle Dengel ranks 35. Before him are Joseph Lancaster, Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Carl Ludwig Koch, Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko, and Carl Bernhard von Trinius. After him are Joseph Aspdin, Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł, and William Hazlitt. Among people deceased in 1855, Sahle Dengel ranks 40. Before him are Sergey Uvarov, Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro, Henri Druey, Wilhem de Haan, Henri Braconnot, and Guglielmo Pepe. After him are Joseph Aspdin, Sunthorn Phu, Josef Munzinger, Konstantin Batyushkov, Mihály Pollack, and Henry Bishop.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Sahle Dengel ranks 42 out of 105. Before him are Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953), Mamo Wolde (1932), Miruts Yifter (1944), Mulatu Astatke (1943), Wilfred Thesiger (1910), and Gudit (950). After him are Bogaletch Gebre (1960), Kenenisa Bekele (1982), Liya Kebede (1978), Mara Takla Haymanot (900), Tafari Benti (1921), and Genesius of Rome (250).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Sahle Dengel ranks 30. Before him are Tekle Giyorgis II (1836), Kaleb of Axum (500), Taytu Betul (1851), Negasso Gidada (1943), Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953), and Gudit (950). After him are Tafari Benti (1921), and Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1937).

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