Dori of Yejju

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Dori of Yejju (died 1831) was a Ras of Begemder and Inderase (regent) of the Emperor of Ethiopia. He was the brother of his predecessor Marye of Yejju.

With his brother Dori led the Yejju forces in the Battle of Debre Abbay on 14 February 1831; his brother was killed in the savage battle, and as a result Dori had his followers ravage Tigray.[1]

Ras Dori died of illness soon after he took office in Debre Tabor.[2] His only significant act while Inderase was to depose Emperor Gigar on 18 June, and replace him with Iyasus IV.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Mordechai Abir, The Era of the Princes: the Challenge of Islam and the Re-unification of the Christian empire, 1769-1855 (London: Longmans, 1968), p. 36
  2. ^ Richard K.P. Pankhurst, History of Ethiopian Towns (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1982), vol. 1 p. 266.
Preceded by
Ras Marye		 Chiefs of the Yejju Oromo Succeeded by
Ras Ali II
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