Walda Masqal Tāriku, Ṣaḥāfē teʼezāz, active 1920-1933

Minister of the Pen (and also of Agriculture) under Empress Zawditu, he also served as the first alaqā of Dabra Salām Qeddus Esṭifānos Church in Addis Ababa and was among the prominent Ethiopians held as prisoners of war by the Italians at Asinara. The Walda Masqal Centre of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies is named after him.

HMML ID
844501550607
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/person/844501550607
LC name
Walda Masqal Tāriku, Ṣaḥāfé teʼezāz, active 1920-1933
HMML name
Walda Masqal Tāriku, Ṣaḥāfē teʼezāz, active 1920-1933
HMML native script
ወልደ ፡ መስቀል ፡ ታሪኩ
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2022110495
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/31166357363506641713

Variants

  • Malʼaka Salām Walda Masqal
  • Tsehafe-Tiizaz Welde-Mesqel
  • TsehafeT'ezaz WoldeMeskel Tariku
  • Tsehafi Tiʼizaz Welde-Mesqel
  • Walda Masqal
  • ወልደ ፡ መስቀል

Personal information

Activity start
1920
Activity end
1933
Centuries
20th century CE
Gender
Males
Place residence
Associated countries
Occupations
Ranks
Alaqā ● Malʼaka Salām ● Ṣaḥāfē teʼezāz
Fields of activity
Languages

Affiliations

Affiliation

Personal relationships

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General notes

Citations
Siegbert Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 3, He-N (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 169.
Citations
Mahteme Selassie Wolde Maskal, Sem kamaqāber balāy: yaṣaḥāfé teʼezāz Walda Masqal Tāriku aċer yaḥeywat tārik (1963-1964?).
Description
TsehafeT'ezaz WoldeMeskel Tariku, held in Asinara prison camp
Citations
"Ethiopian prisoners of war during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War," Wikipedia, accessed December 17, 2021, https://perma.cc/TF7A-TY63.
Description
Malʼaka Salām Walda Masqal
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), 200, https://archive.org/details/EMMLCatalog03.
Description
Tsehafe-Tiizaz Welde-Mesqel
Citations
Reidulf K. Molvaer (ed.), Prowess, Piety and Politics: The Chronicle of Abeto Iyasu and Empress Zewditu of Ethiopia (1909-1930), Studien zur Kulturkunde 104 (Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe, 1994), 512.
Description
Tsehafi Tiʼizaz Welde-Mesqel
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), 71.
Description
ወልደ ፡ መስቀል, Walda Masqal
Citations
EMML 876, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.

Preferred citation

"Walda Masqal Tāriku, Ṣaḥāfē teʼezāz, active 1920-1933." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified September 30, 2022. https://w3id.org/haf/person/844501550607

Change notes

Date added
2021-12-17
Last edited
2022-09-30