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Yeshaq and his Turkish allies marched into [[Tembien]] to face the army of Sarsa Dengel in battle, however this battle ended in disaster as the Bahr Negus was captured and then executed by the Emperor. Sarsa Dengel then proceeded to march into Debarwa were he captured large quantities of firearms and ordered the destruction of the Turkish fort.{{sfn|Pankhurst|1997|p=219}} This victory was of major importance as put an end to the hopes of the provincial nobility to achieve independence or autonomy from the [[Ethiopian Empire]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Oliver |first1=Ronald |title=The Cambridge History of Africa Volume 4 |date=1975 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=546 |isbn=9780521204132 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q3mx8aAo6x0C&dq=bahr+negash&pg=PA538}}</ref>
Sarsa Dengel who was greatly angered by Yeshaq's treachery and arrogance, significantly reduced the Bahr Negash's status and autonomy. However, Emperor [[Susenyos I]] would revive the old tradition of appointing provincial rulers with the title of the Bahr Negus. According to the Scottish traveller [[James Bruce]], the Bahr Negash was killed in 1772 fighting the warlord of Tigray, Ras [[Mikael Sehul]]. The rulers of [[Hamassien]] and Bogos were then nominally under the rule of the governor of [[Tigray province|Tigray]].The region nonetheless remained independent under a uniquely non-feudal communal rule by local elders called [[Shimagile]] as one of the earliest examples of a Republic in Africa. It was referred to largely as [[Hamassien]] by the Tigrayan lords who unsuccessfully tried to impose feudal rule there, after one of the previous provinces of the Kingdom. The vast cultural differences between Tigray and Eritrea's highlands are visible to this day where Eritrea's highlands exclusively consists of villages and towns with smallholding peasantry ruled by ancient traditional laws enforced by a council of elders, while Tigray consists of feudal lands and homesteads. {{sfn|Pankhurst|1997|p=413}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pateman |first1=Roy |title=Eritrea Even the Stones are Burning |year=1998 |isbn=9781569020579 |pages=36 |publisher=The Red Sea Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NGiDTqf5YYAC&dq=sarsa+dengel+medri+bahri&pg=PA36}}</ref>
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