His original name was Tafari Makonnen, but he ruled his country under this name
He was the son of Ras 
Makonnen, Governor of Harar under his kinsman, Emperor ... Emperor Menelik 
died in 1913, but Iyasu still could not be crowned: his .... During some of this 
period, when the Italians occupied the country, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen and 
his father... [DOC] [TLE] Haile Selassie I | South African History Online [PAR] His birth name given by his parents was Lij Tafari Makonnen.