and French and Amharic; he had wisdom and foresight, and was admired for the accuracy of his conclusions and his understanding of matters. On September 1st, when the three powers sent their memorandum to the government, they put their forces in Assab and Djibouti and Berbera on alert and ordered the Shoan princes to prepare their armies against him. On a Sunday, one of the Orthodox Christian holidays, Iyasu was deposed on September 27, 1916. When he was visiting Lagoden, he hurried from there towards the capital, Addis Ababa. A battle took place between him and the armies of the Shoan princes at "Meso," midway between the capital and Diredawa. After his defeat, he took refuge with the Afar, and the main resistance in his favor was from Ras Mikael, who marched to Addis Ababa with an army of 80,000 fighters and clashed with the Shoan army at "Tormat," 7 kilometers east of Addis Ababa, in October. Ras Mikael was victorious and killed the commander of the Shoan army, "Lol Sagad." However, he was deceived by a peace attempt that was followed by a major battle, considered the bloodiest confrontation since the Battle of Adwa, ten days later at "Segali," where his army was defeated and he was captured. Iyasu remained active for five years in his rebellion and opposition, moving in eastern and northern Abyssinia, among the Somalis, the Afar, and even "Wollo," where the remnants of his father's army were led by his chief commander. In January 1920, after information leaked from his followers, a force led by Ras Gugsa moved to surround a local church south of Tembien, on the slopes of the Tekle Taffari in Adwa, and took Iyasu and his followers by surprise. It is said that Ras Gugsa prostrated himself before Iyasu before his arrest, and Taffari built him a new prison at "Wore Illo" in Eastern Tegray, towards the Afar plains. He was released and arrested again to be imprisoned in the province of Royali, on the border with Kenya, shortly before the Italians entered in 1936. He remained there until his death was announced under mysterious circumstances in Addis Ababa, which Emperor Haile Selassie attributed to his killing, fearing that the Italians would seek to install him as emperor of Abyssinia, especially since his death was on the morning of the main defeat of the Emperor's forces at "Ashangi." He rebelled and the people of "Wollo" revolted against him as he crossed their lands, retreating towards Addis Ababa after hearing the news of Iyasu's death. The events are shrouded in mystery and contradiction. It is certain that his successor, Emperor Haile Selassie, played a major role in his downfall.