Ethiopian Emperor who embraced his Somalinimo and also helped Somali Anti-Imperialists

[horumar]

A man born by the name of Mohammed Ali, Mohammed Ali was born in Wollo. His father was Oromo Somali Imam Ali Abba Bula, and his mother was Woizero Getie (from Warrahimano). Converted to christianity under the advice of his friend, tewodros

This Duke's son then went on to become the Emperor of Ethiopia

Emperor Iyasu V

He helped Somali freedom fighters (including the dervish)
He helped the ottomans

He was also rumored to be muslim, that's why he helped out the Somalis, and wanted to carry on the tradition of his grandfather who was an Imam

However he was overthrown, and there are some suspicions around his death in 1935. Some say that Haile Selassie ordered his guards to kill him.

In August 1915, Iyasu went to French Somaliland in disguise, and without informing either the French diplomats in Addis Ababa or even the colonial government. There he spent two days in mysterious meetings. Although Marcus states that "What actually happened will not be known until information from the French archives becomes available," Fitawrari ("Commander of the Vanguard") Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariyam, a fervent reformer and a onetime friend of Iyasu, states in his recently published autobiography that the Djibouti trip was something of a vacation for Lij Iyasu, and that he spent much of his time consorting with Muslim notables in the city and consuming large amounts of qat as well as completely depleting the funds of the Ethiopian mission in the French colony.[22]

Somali rebels:

Around the same time, the British reported that documents preaching jihad against the Europeans had been posted in the Harar marketplace. That August, the British reported that supplies were being sent to Jijiga to support the activities of Mohammed Abdullah Hassan and Sheikh Hassan Barsane, a devout Muslim pair who were at war with the British and Italians in Somalia. Then that September, the Italians revealed that one of their Somali agents had witnessed Iyasu declaring to an assemblage of Muslim leaders that he was a Muslim, and swore to his apostasy on a Koran.[nb 4]

EDIT: The Emperor's father was half Somali, His grandfather was full Somali

 

[--Ajakis Lax Max--]

his father was somali and oromo at same time

 

[horumar]

his father was somali and oromo at same time

Sorry let me edit it

 

[--Ajakis Lax Max--]

if his mom was the somali one then he is full oromo.
and you still havent shown proof his mom was somali

 

[TheWeekday]

He's not Somali at all...although I do agree with OP he was assassinated for being Muslim

 

[Striker]

AUN

 

[Canuck]

A man born by the name of Mohammed Ali, Mohammed Ali was born in Wollo. His father was Oromo Somali Imam Ali Abba Bula, and his mother was Woizero Getie (from Warrahimano). Converted to christianity under the advice of his friend, tewodros

This Duke's son then went on to become the Emperor of Ethiopia

Emperor Iyasu V

He helped Somali freedom fighters (including the dervish)
He helped the ottomans

He was also rumored to be muslim, that's why he helped out the Somalis, and wanted to carry on the tradition of his grandfather who was an Imam

However he was overthrown, and there are some suspicions around his death in 1935. Some say that Haile Selassie ordered his guards to kill him.



Somali rebels:



EDIT: The Emperor's father was half Somali, His grandfather was full Somali

I read about him somewhere that he had Somali wife. he was Muslim who wanted to turn Ethiopia to Islamic country.

 

[DrippinglyWet]

How was he related to Haile selassie then ?

 

[horumar]

How was he related to Haile selassie then ?

The next after him was Empress Zweditu, and she adopted Ras Tafar who then became her legitimate heir. He is not related to Selassie as far as I'm aware, but he was seen as a threat to Selassie, that's why he might have been assassinated by him.

Ethiopian Monarchical politics is like game of thrones, you never know who will be king/queen next as there was not a notion of eldest son takes power. Such as the UK's hereditary monarchy.