Haile Maryam Gebre
Ethiopian governor in 19th century / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Haile Maryam, and not as Gebre.
Haile Maryam Gebre[note 1] of Semien, Horse name: Abba Dammana (lit: Father of the Cloud)[6] was an early 19th century governor of Semien, Welkait and Wogera. Haile Maryam tried to hold his hereditary possessions in the face of continuous pressure from rival lords during Ethiopia's Zemene Mesafint era. He is remembered as the guardian of Waldeba monastery.[1][3]