Hailu Tekle Haymanot [SEP] father
then handed Iyasu over to "Ras" Kassa Haile Darge of Shewa Province.
In his book "Ethiopia, Power and Protest: Peasant Revolts in the Twentieth Century", Gebru Tareke described "Shum" Hailu Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam as "[having] an avaricious taste for power and wealth." Tareke goes on to describe how "Ras" Hailu "introduced new forms of taxation, auctioned political and church offices, nearly monopolized provincial trade by controlling the export side of it, transacted obligatory labor into monetary rents
In the same year as the trip with Tafari Makonnen, Hailu Tekle Haymanot was awarded an honorary British knighthood (KBE). In 1926, after having seen the palaces of Europe, "Ras" Hailu Tekle Haymanot began to remodel the palace his father built at Debre Marqos. He did so in the image of what he had seen in Europe.
On 27 October 1928, Tafari Makonnen was proclaimed "Negus" by "Nigiste Negest" Zewditu. Tafari Makonnen became the only "Negus" in the entire Ethiopian Empire