In the spring of 1924, "Ras" Hailu Tekle Haymanot accompanied "Ras" Tafari Makonnen of Shoa Province on his European tour. Within eight years, Tafari Makonnen would be crowned "Nəgusä Nägäst" Haile Selassie I. Along with "Ras" Hailu and "Ras" Tafari Makonnen on the tour were "Ras" Seyum Mangasha of western Tigre Province, "Ras" Mulugeta Yeggazu of Illubabor Province, "Ras" Makonnen Endelkachew, and "Blattengeta" Heruy Welde Sellase. Hailu Tekle Haymanot, Seyum Mangasha, and Tafari Makonnen were sons of men who fought at the Battle of Adwa. Mulugeta Yeggazu actually fought in the battle as a young man. "Ras" Tafari and his party visited Jerusalem, Cairo, Alexandria, Brussels, Amsterdam, Stockholm, London, Geneva, and Athens. They took six lions with them, which were presented to a French zoo and to dignitaries in the United Kingdom and France.