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Mohammed Ali, was a ruler of a province of Wollo. His father was Ras Ali Abba Bula, and his mother was Woizero Getie.
Mohammed Ali became a close friend of Menelik who was six years older than he was, and was shortly to be proclaimed King of Shewa. In time, Menelik was proclaimed Emperor Menelik II and Ras Mohammed Ali became one of his loyal supporters. As a result, by 1874 Menelik appointed Mohammed Ali as governor of Wollo.[2] However, when Ras Mohammed returned to Wollo from a campaign with Menelik in Gojjam, he found his position threatened by an anti-Shewan revolt. He decided to forsake his friend to maintain his power base and sided with Yohannes IV, who was about to march on Shewa.
Emperor Yohannes forced Menelik to submit to him on 20 March 1878, which included transferring Ras Mohammed Ali's allegiance from Menelik to Yohannes. Later that year, the Council of Boru Meda, held under the directions of Emperor Yohannes, forced all muslims holding office in Wollo to convert to Christianity within three months or renounce their positions. "Having concluded that Wollo was worth a mass," Marcus claims, "Mohammad Ali led his people to Christianity." Nevertheless, while some of the elite leaders of Wollo converted to Christianity, the vast majority of the Muslim populace of Wollo refused to convert.

While he was baptized with the name "Mikael" and became a Ras (equivalent to "Duke"), left for sanctuary in Metemma, Jimma, and Harar.[3] Emperor Yohannes IV stood as his godfather at his baptism. Ras Mikael of Wollo, as he was now known, eventually would marry Shoaregga Menelik,[nb 1] Menelik's natural daughter, becoming the third of his four wives. Mikael founded Dessie, the first town in Wollo and its new capital. It is claimed that Ras Mikael became a deeply devout Orthodox Christian, and a dedicated builder of churches.
Mohammed Ali, was a ruler of a province of Wollo. His father was Ras Ali Abba Bula, and his mother was Woizero Getie.
Mohammed Ali became a close friend of Menelik who was six years older than he was, and was shortly to be proclaimed King of Shewa. In time, Menelik was proclaimed Emperor Menelik II and Ras Mohammed Ali became one of his loyal supporters. As a result, by 1874 Menelik appointed Mohammed Ali as governor of Wollo.[2] However, when Ras Mohammed returned to Wollo from a campaign with Menelik in Gojjam, he found his position threatened by an anti-Shewan revolt. He decided to forsake his friend to maintain his power base and sided with Yohannes IV, who was about to march on Shewa.
Emperor Yohannes forced Menelik to submit to him on 20 March 1878, which included transferring Ras Mohammed Ali's allegiance from Menelik to Yohannes. Later that year, the Council of Boru Meda, held under the directions of Emperor Yohannes, forced all muslims holding office in Wollo to convert to Christianity within three months or renounce their positions. "Having concluded that Wollo was worth a mass," Marcus claims, "Mohammad Ali led his people to Christianity." Nevertheless, while some of the elite leaders of Wollo converted to Christianity, the vast majority of the Muslim populace of Wollo refused to convert.

While he was baptized with the name "Mikael" and became a Ras (equivalent to "Duke"), left for sanctuary in Metemma, Jimma, and Harar.[3] Emperor Yohannes IV stood as his godfather at his baptism. Ras Mikael of Wollo, as he was now known, eventually would marry Shoaregga Menelik,[nb 1] Menelik's natural daughter, becoming the third of his four wives. It is claimed that Ras Mikael became a deeply devout Orthodox Christian, and a dedicated builder of churches.

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Emperor Yohannes forced Menelik to submit to him on 20 March 1878, which included transferring Ras Mohammed Ali's allegiance from Menelik to Yohannes. Later that year, the Council of Boru Meda, held under the directions of Emperor Yohannes, forced all muslims holding office in Wollo to convert to Christianity within three months or renounce their positions. "Having concluded that Wollo was worth a mass," Marcus claims, "Mohammad Ali led his people to Christianity." Nevertheless, while some of the elite leaders of Wollo converted to Christianity, the vast majority of the Muslim populace of Wollo refused to convert.

While he was baptized with the name "Mikael" and became a Ras (equivalent to "Duke"), left for sanctuary in Metemma, Jimma, and Harar.[3] Emperor Yohannes IV stood as his godfather at his baptism

Harar was not a part of Ethiopia till Menilik II conquered the city after its victory at the battle of ChelenQo in January of 1887. Harar had no connection with Yohanes' & Tewodros' Ethiopia. Menilik is the one introduced Harer & Hareris to Ethioipia. I seen 10yrs difference above as such I would say this is another distorted history as usual.

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Your pick and choose history lesson might not have served you well when it comes to the big picture of what Ethiopia is all about. You have to ask yourselves first how the Oromo Ras Mohammed Ali, aka Nigus Mikael of Wello in the first place found himself in that part of the country. Then and there the pieces will start falling together should you wish to opt outta the TPLF self serving narrative ....


Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (Somali: Axmad Ibraahim al-Gaasi, Harari: አህመድ ኢብራሂም አል-ጋዚ, Arabic: أحمد بن إبراهيم الغازي‎ ) "the Conqueror"[3] (c. 1506 – February 21, 1543)[4] was an Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate who fought against the Abyssinian empire.[4] With the help of an army mainly composed of Somalis, the Harla people,[5] Afars, Hararis and a small number of Arabs[6] and Ottoman Turks,[7] Imam Ahmad (nicknamed Gurey in Somali, "Gura" in Afar and Gragn in Amharic (ግራኝ Graññ), all meaning "the left-handed"), embarked on a conquest which brought three-quarters of Abyssinia (modern day Ethiopia) under the power of the Muslim Sultanate of Adal during the Abyssinian-Adal War from 1529-43.[8]

Imam Ahmad is regarded by most scholars as an ethnic Somali. However, some historians have disputed his ethnicity,[9] with Ahmad sometimes interpreted as being a Harari.[10][11] Many Somali clans played a strong role in Gurey's conquest of Abyssinia, however these clans went to war not so much as Somalis but as Muslims."[12][13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_ibn ... m_al-Ghazi