Sabagadis Woldu

Sabagadis Woldu ሳባጋዲስ ዎልዱ
A portrait of Sabagadis seeking the intercessions of St. Mary, on the wall iconography at the church of Gunda Gunde, Tigray.
Governor of Tigray
In office 1822–1831
Preceded by	Wolde Selassie
Succeeded by	Wube Haile Maryam
Shum of Agame
In office 1810–1831
Preceded by	Woldu Kumanit
Succeeded by	Aregawi Sabagadis
Personal details
Born	1780 Agame, Tigray Province, Ethiopian Empire
Died	1831 Debre Abbay, Ethiopian Empire
Parents	Shum Agame Woldu Kumanit (father) Woizero Sabana Giyorgis (mother)

Sabagadis Woldu (Tigrinya: ሳባጋዲስ ዎልዱ; horse name: Abba Garray; baptismal name: Za-Manfas Qedus; 1780 – 1831) was a governor of Tigray Province of the Ethiopian Empire from 1822 to 1831.^[1] Sabagadis gained some notoriety in the first decade of the 19th century for rebelling a number of times against his overlord, Ras Wolde Selassie. But just before the death of Wolde Selassie it seems that he made up with his master and became one of his loyal lieutenants. Following Wolde Selassie's death in 1816, he defied the authority of Wolde Selassie's son, and became the most powerful warlord in Tigray. Making Adigrat his capital, he ruled Tigray and a small strip of the coastal plains of Eritrea by 1818.^[2] His rule also extended to the Eritrean highlands (Hamasien, Akele Guzay, and Seraye).^[3]