[2] The chronicler Alaqa Gabru appears to suggest, in a confusing passage, that Salomon was blinded before he was deposed.
[4] Despite the consensus of the major nobles of the Empire to support Salomon, Azaj Salassie Barya brought Tekle Giyorgis from the royal prison on Wehni as a pretender to the throne.
Salomon responded by marching out from Gondar; Tekle Giyorgis then fled to Tigray, whence he emerged in the month of Sane at the head of an army which was rumored to be "a large force".
Kenfu Adam and Hailu Adara then conspired to make Tekle Giyorgis emperor and brought him down from Wehni once again.
Kenfu Adam went to Dera, against the wishes of Emperor Salomon, then attempted to seize Ras Hailu Yosadiq but failed; peace was made between them.