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| | Emperor Haile Selassie I, Part 1 |
 | | Ras Makonnen also summoned all his officers and informed them that it was his wish that his son Dejazmatch Taffari succeede him as governor of Harrar, and asked them all to swear their loyalty to Taffari. |
 | | Instead, she argued for the apointment of the elder son of Ras Makonnen, Yilma, who had been at the Imperial Court for several years, and was now given the title of Dejazmatch and appointed to succeede his father as governor. |
 | | In addition Lij Eyasu, after taking Harrar for himself, had moved into the governors palace there, and ordered that his niece, and Taffari's wife, Menen, be evicted immediately. |
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