Iyasu I [SEP] noble family
Iyasu I
Iyasu I (or Joshua I, Ge'ez: ኢያሱ ፩), also known as Iyasu the Great, was "nəgusä nägäst" (throne name Adyam Sagad, Ge'ez: አድያም ሰገድ, "to whom the confines of the earth bow"), (1654 – 13 October 1706) r. 19 July 1682 – 13 October 1706 of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Yohannes I and Empress Sabla Wangel.
According to G.W.B Huntingford, Iyasu "owed his reputation
converted to Christianity and eventually wielded power for over a century, ruling with the sanction of the Solomonic emperors. The last such Muslim noble to join the ranks of Ethiopian society was Mikael of Wollo who converted, was made "Negus" of Wollo, and later King of Zion, and even married into the Imperial family. He lived to see his son, Iyasu V, inherit the throne in 1913—only to be deposed in 1916 because of his conversion to Islam.
Africa Madagascar.
The nobility in Madagascar are known as