List of rulers of Welayta

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Historically Welayta was ruled by more than fifty kings.[1] The rulers used the title Kawo as official title. The following were the rulers of the Wolayta kingdom and province in present-day southern Ethiopia.

Rulers of Welayta until 1900[2]
Tenure Incumbent Notes
c.1250 Foundation of Welayta (As unwritten sources shows, state of Wolayta existed during Aksumite empire and even before. There more than 42 dynasties. Wolayta Mala and Tigrean dynasty are the last and recent ones.) state
Damot dynasty
Motolomi
Wolaita Mala dynasty
Dates and rulers not known Ended with the Oromo migrations
c.1560 , Kawo  
16th century , Kawo
17th century , Kawa
(Gazenya)
17th century , Kawa
18th century , Kawo
18th century , Kawo
???? to 1761 , Kawo Died in office
???? to 1761 Sana Tube, Kawo
1761 to 1800 Ogato Sana, Kawo
1800 to 1835 , Kawo
1835 to 1845 , Kawo
1845 to 1886 , Kawo
1886 to c.1890 , Kawo
1890 to October 1895 Tona Gaga, Kawo
Waylata conquered by Menelik II and incorporated into Ethiopia 1894
October 1895 to 1900 Tekle Haymanot, Negus

Notes[]

  1. ^ https://www.gijash.com/GIJASH_Vol.2_Issue.2_April2018/GIJASH002.pdf
  2. ^ C.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford, Some Records of Ethiopia, 1593–1646 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1954), pp. lxv – lxvii.

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