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- ↑ Shiferaw Bekele, Reflections on the Power Elite of the Wärä Seh Mäsfenate, p. 163
- ↑ Molla Tikuye, The Rise and Fall of The Yajju Dynasty (1784 - 1980), p. 205
- ↑ Shiferaw Bekele, The State in Zamana Masafent (1786 - 1853). An Essay in Reinterpretation, p.38
- ↑ Rubenson, Sven (1966). King of Kings: Tewodros of Ethiopia., p. 42