Fikremariam

Fikremariam (unknown - 1937) was an Ethiopian commander and a patriot.

Biography

Fifremiriam was from Menz Province.

In 1930, during Gugsa Welle's Rebellion, Fitawrari Fikremarium fought on the side of Negus Tafari Makonnen. On 31 March, during the Battle of Anchem, Fikremarium commanded the left wing of the Imperial Army. The men in his command were from Wollo Province.

In 1936, during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Fikremarium commanded the guard of the Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen Tafari in Dessie.

From about May 1936 to about October 1937, during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, Fikremarium fought as a patriot until his death.

See also

• Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles
• Ethiopian Order of Battle Second Italo-Abyssinian War

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References

• Barker, A.J. (1971). Rape of Ethiopia, 1936. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0345024626.
• Haile Selassie I, Edited by Harold Marcus with others and Translated by Ezekiel Gebions with others (1999). My Life and Ethiopia's Progress: The Autobiography of Emperor Haile Selassie I, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Volume II. Chicago: Research Associates School Times Publications. p. 190. ISBN 0-94839-040-9. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
• Marcus, Harold G. (1994). A History of Ethiopia. London: University of California Press. p. 316. ISBN 0-520-22479-5.
• Mockler, Anthony (2002). Haile Sellassie's War. New York: Olive Branch Press. ISBN 9781566564731.
• Pankhurst, Richard (2001). The Ethiopians: A History (Peoples of Africa). Wiley-Blackwell; New Ed edition. ISBN 0631224939.