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Salomon II (Ge'ez ሣሎሞን) was ' (13 April 1777 – 20 July 1779) of Ethiopia. He was the son of ''Abeto'' Adigo. He may be identical with the Emperor Solomon whom the traveler Henry Salt lists as one of the Emperors still alive at the time of his visit in 1809/1810.〔Henry Salt, ''A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels into the Interior of that Country'' (1814), (London: Frank Cass, 1958), p. 474〕 Richard Pankhurst credits him with the construction of Qeddus Fasilides ("St. Basilides," literally "Holy Basilides") church in Gondar.〔Richard K. P. Pankhurst, ''History of Ethiopian Towns'' (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1982), p. 179〕 The chronicler Alaqa Gabru appears to suggest, in a confusing passage, that Salomon was blinded before he was deposed.〔Weld Blundell, ''The Royal chronicle'', p. 231〕 == Reign == Salomon was made Emperor by ''Ras'' Haile Yosadiq, ''Dejazmach'' Wand Bewossen, and ''Dejazmach'' Kenfu Adam after they deposed Tekle Haymanot II. One of Salomon's first acts as Emperor was to make a series of appointments: ''Ras'' Ayadar became the ''Ras Betwoded'', Kenfu Adam governor of Damot, Wand Bewsossen governor of Begemder, ''Dejazmach'' Hailu Adara governor of Gojjam, ''Dejazmach'' Hailu Eshte governor of Semien, and ''Basha'' Mebaras Boqatu deputy to the ''Blattengeta''.〔H. Weld Blundell, ''The Royal chronicle of Abyssinia, 1769-1840'' (Cambridge: University Press, 1922), p. 330〕 Despite the consensus of the major nobles of the Empire to support Salomon, ''Azaj'' Salassie Barya brought Tekle Giyorgis from the royal prison on Wehni as a pretender to the throne. Salomon responded by marching out from Gondar; Tekle Giyorgis then fled to Tigray, whence he emerged in the month of Sane at the head of an army which was rumored to be "a large force". Tekle Giyorgis was defeated outside of Gondar, and returned to Wehni.〔Weld Blundell, ''The Royal chronicle'', p. 331〕 This victory was followed, however, with a battle at Sabisabar between ''Ras'' Haile Yosadiq and Kenfu Adam. Kenfu Adam was victorious, and Emperor Salomon, who was with ''Ras'' Haile Yosadiq, was captured by Kenfu Adam and became Kenfu's figurehead. Salomon shortly afterwards convinced ''Dejazmach'' Hailu Eshte to join forces with him and Kenfu; the ''Dejazmach'' did so, after peace was first established between the two enemies. Together the allies raided Filakit Gereger, then the capital of Begemder province; Boqatu, who had succeeded his brother Wand Bewossen as governor on the latter's death, was forced to flee his palace in Felakit Gereger.〔Weld Blundell, ''The Royal chronicle'', pp. 332f〕 Not long after a second battle was fought against Boqatu, which went badly for Salomon and his handlers. Kenfu Adam and Hailu Adara then conspired to make Tekle Giyorgis emperor, and brought him down from Wehni once again. Kenfu Adam went to Dera, against the wishes of Emperor Salomon, then attempted to seize ''Ras'' Hailu Yosadiq but failed; peace was made between them. At this point Kenfu took both the Emperor and Tekle Giyorgis to his province of Damot, and on 17 July 1779 at Yebaba proclaimed Tekle Giyorgis the new emperor and announced that Salomon had become a monk.〔Weld Blundell, ''The Royal chronicle'', pp. 231, 334〕 The latest chronological mention of Salomon in the ''Royal chronicle'' is when Emperor Tekle Giyorgis learned on 25 March 1780 that Kenfu Adam had brought Salomon down from Wehni to replace him as Emperor.〔Weld Blundell, ''The Royal chronicle'', p. 251〕 However Kenfu Adam was defeated in battle 25 May at Maryam Weha by Boqatu, leading Kenfu Adam to being imprisoned and Salomon presumably returned to the Royal prison on Wehni.〔Weld Blundell, ''The Royal chronicle'', p. 254〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salomon II」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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