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''Leul Ras'' Kassa Hailu KS, GCVO, GBE, (Amharic: ካሣ ኀይሉ ዳርጌ; 7 August 1881 – 16 November 1956) was a Shewan nobleman, the son of Haile Wolde Kiros of Lasta and Tisseme Darge, and grandson of Ras Darge Sahle Selassie the brother of Menelik II's father. John Spencer, who advised ''Ras'' Kassa during the writing of the 1955 Constitution of Ethiopia, described him as "surely the most conservative of all the rases in constant attendance at the court." Spencer continued his description of the aristocrat with noting that he rarely saw the ''Ras'' "in other than Ethiopian national dress. Large, bearded and silent, this imposing dignitary wore a black cloak with gold clasps worked into the form of lion heads. In working sessions, he used to take out with considerable pride a pair of folding half-lens spectacles with gold frames and bows."〔Spencer, ''Ethiopia at Bay: A personal account of the Haile Selassie years'' (Algonac: Reference Publications, 1984), p. 257〕 ==Life== Although he had by birth a better claim to the throne than his younger cousin ''Ras'' Tafari (the later Emperor Haile Selassie I), Kassa valued loyalty over ambition, and was content with his fief of Selale province near the monastery of Debre Libanos. During the rise of Emperor Haile Selassie I, ''Ras'' Kassa was loyal to Selassie during numerous challenges to his rule, standing by his side during more than one uprising.〔Anthony Mockler, ''Haile Selassie's War'' (New York: Olive Branch Press, 2003), p. 6〕 His most notable act supporting Haile Selassie was his role in neutralizing the threat of ''Dajazmach'' Balcha Safo in 1928.〔Mockler, ''Haile Selassie's War'', pp. 7f〕 ''Ras'' Kassa served as ''Qegnazmach'' ("Commander of the Army of the Right") during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. His forces fought in the First Battle of Tembien and the Second Battle of Tembien.〔Mockler, ''Haile Selassie's War'', pp. 83-86, 104-106; Bahru Zewde, ''A History of Modern Ethiopia'', second ed. (Oxford: James Currey, 2001), pp. 154-156〕 Following the Ethiopian defeat he went into exile with his Emperor, spending most of his time in Jerusalem.〔Mockler, ''Haile Selassie's War'', pp. 312f〕 The sons of ''Ras'' Kassa stayed in Ethiopia and were part of the resistance to the Italian occupation. In late 1936, three of his four sons were captured and executed: Wondosson Kassa, Aberra Kassa, and Asfawossen Kassa.〔Mockler, ''Haile Selassie's War'', pp. 169-171〕 In early 1941, during the East African Campaign of World War II, ''Ras'' Kassa returned to Ethiopia with the Emperor and Gideon Force. After the war, he became a Crown Counsellor.〔Mockler, ''Haile Selassie's War'', p. 316〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kassa Haile Darge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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