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Which Ethiopian ruler did Arthur Rimbaud sell arms to?
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Arthur Rimbaud
Rimbaud, detail from āUn Coin de table,ā oil painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872; in the Louvre, Paris
Arthur Rimbaud sold arms to Menilek II, who was the king of Shewa at the time and later became the emperor of Ethiopia in 1889.1