after this defeat, many of the dobe'a converted to christianity and begged the emperor for his pardon. the emperor in turn returned their cattle, supplementing it with others from the southern provinces of wej and genz and stationed soldiers in their country. he further built a church in dobe'a country dedicated to the virgin mary and planted orange trees, lemon trees, and vines in the area, in fulfillment of his earlier declaration. ba'eda maryam soon returned to the dobe'a country and appointed governors and "regulated the social condition of the people," as well as encouraging the celebration of the death of the virgin mary every january, upon which occasion he distributed bread, tela (beer), and tej (a type of honey wine or mead) to the people. he further ordered that the dobe'a become cultivators, as opposed to bandits and left the country for the last time.