Yeshaq Ier of Ethiopia
Yéshaq (for Isaac) was a king of Ethiopia under the name of Gabra Masqal II of 1414 with 1429. He was the second wire of David Ier of Ethiopia and younger brother of Théodoros Ier
During its reign, a Egyptian Mamelouk made the reform its army and taught with Ethiopian the composition of the Greek fire. A Copte reorganized the taxes and the administration.
The sultan of Ifat, Saad-ED-DIN, carried the holy war in Ethiopia. The Yéshaq emperor, victorious of Saad-ED-DIN, took the port of Zeilah in 1415. He attacked Massaoua twice, launched a fleet against the islands Dahlac, pushed in the south until the Lac Abaya, seized Enarya and of its gold mines, engaged of the wars against the judaïsés Agao, the Falachas. It gradually eliminated them from Dembéya and Ouoguéra, where it establishes the churches of Kosogué and Yéshaq-Dabr.
The wire of Saad-ED-DIN took refuge with the Yemen after the defeat of 1415. They attacked Ethiopia again. One of them seized Jédaya (1424) and sent in deportation a great number of Ethiopian. At that time, Yéshaq started talks with the Christian sovereigns of Europe to try to constitute a coalition against all the Moslem countries. Its ambassador was stopped with Alexandria. In its luggage, the Egyptians discovered clothes of crusaders intended for the army of the Négus. It was hung with the Cairo.
Yéshaq, which continued the fight against the Moslems, was killed in 1429 before to have been able to release its territory completely. Its immediate successors did not have his scale and were victims of several conspiracies.
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