Leul Sagad
Courtier and army commander of the Ethiopian Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Leul Sagad, and not as Atnaf Sagad.
Leul Sagad Atnaf Sagad[note 1] (died 17 October 1916), also known by his horse name Abba Balay, was an Ethiopian courtier and army commander (Ras) under Emperor Menelik II. A key figure in late 19th and early 20th century, he was responsible for several successful military campaigns, but was killed in battle during the struggle over Menelik's succession.