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Iyasu

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YASHUA (Ge'ez: ኢየሱስ ) is an Ethiopian name meaning YASHUA.

Various Ethiopian Emperors have used the name including:

Three claimants to the throne also used Iyasu:

  • Yeshaq Iyasu claimed the title nəgusä nägäst (1685) of Ethiopia, opponent of Iyasu I
  • Girma Yohannis Iyasu (1961 – present) - Iyasuist claimant to the abolished throne of Ethiopia
  • Atse Iyasu - was proclaimed nəgusä nägäst (1787 – 1788) of Ethiopia in Tigray and Gojjam by enemies of Ras Ali I of Yejju