The Most Famous
MILITARY PERSONNELS from Ethiopia
This page contains a list of the greatest Ethiopian Military Personnels. The pantheon dataset contains 1,468 Military Personnels, 1 of which were born in Ethiopia. This makes Ethiopia the birth place of the 95th most number of Military Personnels behind Philippines and Uganda.
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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Ethiopian Military Personnels of all time. This list of famous Ethiopian Military Personnels is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Malik Ambar (1548 - 1626)
With an HPI of 48.00, Malik Ambar is the most famous Ethiopian Military Personnel. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Malik Ambar (1548 – 13 May 1626) was a military leader who served as the Peshwa (Prime Minister) of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate in the Deccan region of India. Born in the Adal Sultanate, which comprised parts of present-day Ethiopia, Somalia, and Djibouti, Malik was sold by a slave merchant and brought to India as a slave. There he created a mercenary force numbering greater than 50,000 men. It was based in the Deccan region and was hired by local kings. Malik became a popular Prime Minister of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate, showing administrative acumen. He is also regarded as a pioneer in guerrilla warfare in the region. He is credited with carrying out a revenue settlement of much of the Deccan, which formed the basis for subsequent settlements. He is a figure of veneration to the Siddis of Gujarat. He challenged the might of the Mughals and Adil Shahs of Bijapur and raised the low status of the Nizam Shah.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as military personnels born between 1548 and 1548. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased military personnels include Malik Ambar.
