Ḫāyla Māryām Sarābyon, 1863-1919
Ḫāyla Māryām Sarābyon was sent to be educated in France after initial church education in Ethiopia. When he returned to Ethiopia at the end of the 19th century, he became one of the most important advisors of Emperor Menilek II. He served as a representative of the Ethiopian government on the board of directors of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway Company, and at the behest of Emperor Menilek, he designed the imperial coat of arms used until 1974. He founded eight parish schools and two churches.
- HMML ID
- 648823342785
- PURL
- LC name
- Ḫāyla Māryām Sarābyon, 1863-1919
- HMML name
- Ḫāyla Māryām Sarābyon, 1863-1919
- HMML native script
- ኃይለ ፡ ማርያም ፡ ሰራብዮን
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Haile Mariam Serabion Pasha
- Hayla Maryam Sarabihon
- Paša
- Ḫaylä Maryam Śärabyon
- Ḫāyla Māryām
Personal information
- Birth date
- 1863
- Death date
- 1919
- Centuries
- 19th century CE ● 20th century CE
- Gender
- Males
- Place died
- Place residence
- Associated countries
- Occupations
- Ranks
- Palace Minister
- Fields of activity
- Languages
Personal relationships
- Associates
General notes
- Description
- Ḫaylä Maryam Śärabyon; Paša; born 1863 in Danqaz; died 1929 [1919?] in Addis Ababa; also lived in France; knew Amharic, Ge'ez, French, German, Italian; active in politics as a palace minister; sent to be educated in France after initial church education in Ethiopia; returned to Ethiopia at the end of the 19th century and became one of the most important advisors of Emperor Menilek II; representative of the Ethiopian government on the board of directors of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway Company; at the behest of Emperor Menilek, designed the imperial coat of arms used until 1974; founded eight parish schools and two churches
- Citations
- Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 2, D-Ha (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 1058.
- Description
- Ḫāyla Māryām
- Citations
- William F. Macomber, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville, vol. III: Project Numbers 701-1100 (Collegeville: Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, 1978), 219, https://archive.org/details/EMMLCatalog03.
- Description
- Hayla Maryam Sarabihon; knew Arabic and Greek
- Citations
- L. H. Ofosu-Appiah, Dictionary of African Biography (New York: Reference Publications, 1977), 1:85.
- Description
- Haile Mariam Serabion Pasha; he died in 1911 EC (=1918/1919 CE), the year after he founded the church
- Citations
- Haile Gabriel Dagne, "The Establishment of Churches in Addis Ababa," in Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Centenary of Addis Ababa, November 24-25, 1986 (Addis Ababa: Institute of Ethiopian Studies, 1987), 70.
- Citations
- EMML 894, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.
Preferred citation
"Ḫāyla Māryām Sarābyon, 1863-1919." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified March 11, 2022. https://w3id.org/haf/person/648823342785
Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-09-08
- Last edited
- 2022-03-11