Thesiger 1917 (cropped)
Summary
Photograph taken on 11 February 1917 on the day of the investiture of Tafari Makonnen, the future Emperor Haile Selassie, as regent. On the right, Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger, British Consul-General and Minister Plenipotentiary to Ethiopia (1909-1919) and father of explorer and travel writer Wilfred Thesiger, born in Addis Ababa in 1910.
Français : Photographie prise le 11 février 1917, jour de l'investiture de Tafari Makonnen comme régent d'Éthiopie. À droite, W. G. Thesiger, ministre de Grande-Bretagne en Éthiopie (1909-1919).
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ethiopia
1917 in international relations
africa in the 1910 s
files not protected by international copyright agreements
haile selassie i of ethiopia
people in 1917
relations of ethiopia and the united kingdom
wilfred thesiger
addis ababa
Date
1917
Source
National Archives UK
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public domain