List of rulers of Welayta

List of Rulers of Wolaita Kingdom

The following were the rulers of the Wolayta kingdom and province in present-day southern Ethiopia.

Tenure Incumbent Notes
c.1250 Foundation of Welayta(As unwritten sources shows, state of Wolayta existed during Axum empire and even before. There more than 42 dynasties. Wolayta Mala and Tigrean Dynasty are the last and recent ones.) state
Damot dynasty
Kawo Motole(Motolomi)
Wolaita Mala dynasty
Dates and rulers not knownEnded with the Oromo migrations
Tigre dynasty
c.1560 Mikael, Kawa 
16th centuryKetema, Kawa
17th centuryGazenja, Kawa
(Gazenya)
17th centuryAddayo, Kawa
18th centuryKote, Kawa
18th centuryLibana, Kawa
???? to 1761Tube, KawoDied in office
Sana, Kawo
1761 to 1800Ogatto, Kawo
1800 to 1835Amado, Kawo
1835 to 1845Damota, Kawo
1845 to 1886Gobe, Kawo
1886 to c.1890Gaga, Kawo
1890 to October 1895Tona, Kawo
Waylata conquered by Menelik II of Ethiopia and incorporated into Ethiopia 1894
October 1895 to 1900Tekle Haymanot, Negus

Sources

  • C.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford, Some Records of Ethiopia, 1593–1646 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1954), pp. lxv – lxvii.

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