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Belay Zeleke
Ethiopian military commander (1912–1945)
Belay Zeleke (Amharic: በላይ ዘለቀ, horse name Abba Koster; 1912 – 12 January 1945) was an Ethiopian military commander who led the Arbegnoch resistance movement in Gojjam against the Fascist Italians during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia from 1936 to 1941. He emerged as a brigand leader after his five-year struggle against Italian rule in Ethiopia.[1][2]
Early life
Of ethnic Amhara descent,[3] Belay Zeleke was born in 1912 in Bechena, Gojjam. His father, Kassa Zeleke Lakew, was a native of Lamcan in Gojjam and his mother, Weyzero Taytu Asna, was a native of Amhara Sayint in Wollo, Amhara Region. Belay's father was a loyal and close servant of Lij Iyasu, who bestowed him the title of Basha, and is said to have had a considerable number of troops under his command. After the fall of Lij Iyasu, Basha Zeleke first moved to his wife’s residence, in Caqqäta, and later to Lamchan in Gojjam, and there submitted to Ras Hailu Tekle Haymanot
After a while, Zeleke killed a man and refused t
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The Military Organization and Strategies of the Patriots under the Leadership of Dejazmach Belay Zeleke
The Ethiopian Journal of Social Sciences Volume 5, Number 2, December, 2019 The Military Organization and Strategies of the Patriots under the Leadership of Dejazmach Belay Zeleke Samson Chane1 Abstract Ethiopian patriots protested the Italian occupation in different forms from 1936 to 1941. Dejazmach Belay Zeleke was one of the renowned patriot leaderswho could organize tens of thousands of patriots and carried out successful military campaigns against the Italians and their collaborators in some parts of Gojjam, Wollo and Showa. This study explored the military organization and strategies of the patriots under the leadership of Dej. Belay. Primary data were gathered through in-depth and key informant interviews with 17 people. Descriptive and interpretive methods were employed to analyse the data. Findings revealed that Belay ensured hierarchical chain of command in the military organization, and assigned chiefs who commanded the patriots in their respective districts. The pa
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Belay Zeleke was an Amhara Hero and freedom fighter who distinguished himself during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia in 1936–1941. He was born in 1912 in Bechena, Gojjam. His father, Kassa Zeleke Lakew, was a native of Lämcän in Gojjam and his mother, Weyzero Taytu Asna, was a native of Sayint in Amhara. Belays father was a loyal and close servant of Lij Eyasu, who bestowed him the title of Basha, and is said to have had a considerable number of troops under his command. After the fall of Lej Eyasu, Basha Zeleke first moved to his wife’s residence, in Caqqäta, and later to Lamchan in Gojjam, and there submitted to Ras Hailu Tekle Haymanot.
After a while, Zeleke killed a man and refused to submit peacefully to Fitawrari Embiyala, the governor of Bichena. The Fitawrari marched to Lämcän to arrest Zeleke. In the skirmish that followed, Zeleke was killed in Kanto Maryam, and at Bokena his body was hung on a tree for a day in order to intimidate the local people. This event had a huge imp
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