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===Governorship===

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[[File:Tafari Dejazmatch Harrar.jpg|thumb|left|''Dejazmatch'' Tafari, as governor of Harar|236x236px]]

Tafari assumed the titular governorship of Selale in 1906, a realm of marginal importance,<ref name="jah">{{Harvnb |White | pp = 34–35}}.</ref> but one that enabled him to continue his studies.<ref name="so193" /> In 1907, he was appointed governor over part of the province of [[Sidamo Province|Sidamo]]. It is alleged that during his late teens, Selassie was married to ''Woizero'' Altayech, and that from this union, his daughter [[Princess Romanework]] was born.<ref name="m387" />

Following the death of his brother Yelma in 1907, the governorate of Harar was left vacant,<ref name="jah" /> and its administration was left to Menelik's loyal general, ''Dejazmach'' [[Balcha Safo]]. Balcha Safo's administration of Harar was ineffective, and so during the last illness of Menelik II, and the brief reign of Empress [[Taytu Betul]], Tafari was made governor of Harar in 1910 or 1911.<ref name="rad712" /><ref name="m387">Mockler, Anthony, ''Haile Selassie's War'' (2003), p. xxvii</ref>