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Word: kassa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...yelps. Next morning the King of Kings mounted a twelve-foot dais and appointed three generals in his Army. His son, Crown Prince Asfa Wassan, he appointed a lieutenant general. His son, the Duke of Harar, he appointed a major general. The son of his second cousin, Chieftain Ras Kassa, he appointed a brigadier general. The two sons each got a kiss on each cheek for good measure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ETHIOPIA: Home Is the Negus | 5/12/1941 | See Source »

After the Italian conquest, Abebe Arragia thought rebellion was useless, persuaded the two sons of his old friend, Ras Kassa, to stop agitating and perform the: ceremony of submission. When the Italians executed Ras Kassa's sons, Abebe Arragia was furious. He slipped out of Addis Ababa disguised as a Coptic priest. Gathering a few thousand rebel warriors who can move through the mountains like shadows, he preyed on Italian supply trains, and isolated outposts so savagely that the Italians put a price of 100,000 talers ($50,000) on his head, sent an expedition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHERN THEATRE: Bush Battles | 8/12/1940 | See Source »

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