Eduard Rüppell, who visited the capital of Gondar in 1833, stated that at the time the Emperor "barely had the income of an averagely well-to-do Ethiopian, and the great princes of the Tigray, Shoa and Amhara were unable to prevent continuous strife and bloodshed."
Eduard Rüppell, koji je posjetio etiopski glavni grad Gondar 1833, zabilježio je da car ima tako skroman prihod, koji je jedva nešto veći od prosječno siromašnog etiopljanina, a da rasovi Tigraja, Shoe i Amhare nisu u mogućnosti stati na kraj stalnim sukobima i krvoprolićama.