Fikremariam
Appearance
Fikremariam (unknown - 1937) was an Ethiopian commander and a patriot.
Biography
Fifremiriam was from Menz Province.
In 1930, during the Battle of Anchem, Fitawrari[nb 1] Fikremarium commanded a portion of the Imperial Army.
In 1936, during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Fikremarium commanded the guard of the Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen Tafari in Dessie.
From about May 1936 to about October 1937, during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, Fikremarium fought as a patriot until his death.[1]
See also
Notes
- Footnotes
- ^ Equivalent to Commander of the Advanced Guard.
- Citations
- ^ Haile Selassie, p. 32
References
- Barker, A.J. (1971). Rape of Ethiopia, 1936. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0345024626.
- Haile Selassie I, Edited by Harold Marcus with others and Translated by Ezekiel Gebions with others (1999). My Life and Ethiopia's Progress: The Autobiography of Emperor Haile Selassie I, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Volume II. Chicago: Research Associates School Times Publications. p. 190. ISBN 0-94839-040-9.
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has generic name (help) - Marcus, Harold G. (1994). A History of Ethiopia. London: University of California Press. p. 316. ISBN 0-520-22479-5.
- Mockler, Anthony (2002). Haile Sellassie's War. New York: Olive Branch Press. ISBN 9781566564731.
- Pankhurst, Richard (2001). The Ethiopians: A History (Peoples of Africa). Wiley-Blackwell; New Ed edition. ISBN 0631224939.