Kingdom of Gomma

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The Kingdom of Gomma was one of several kingdoms that formed in the Gibe region in the 19th century .

In the north it was bounded by Limmu-Ennarea , in the west by Gumma , in the south by Gera and in the east by Jimma . The capital was Haggaro .

This former kingdom was mostly in a rolling valley and had a population of around 15,000 to 16,000 in 1880 . The area roughly corresponded to today's Woreda Gomma . Beckingham and Huntingford believe that Gomma, along with Gumma, was the economically weakest of the Gibe kingdoms. Mohammed Hassen contradicts this by writing: "The people of Gomma concentrated entirely on agriculture and were therefore viewed as a highly civilized people.

There were also two hills in the kingdom of Gomma: Sinka and Bemba. The latter was also known as the Kella Egdu Biya or "Gate of Land Observation". Both hills were in paganism of the Oromo as sacred. Prophets lived there with large snakes. The Oromo offer beer and goat blood to the descendants of these snakes to alleviate their diseases.

history

Mohammed Hassen notes that there is little written information about Gomma's early history and that it seems confusing. Beckingham and Huntingford trace the founding of Gomma all the way back to a miracle worker named Nur Husain or Wariko, who is said to be from Mogadishu . They speculate that this fabulous figure may be confused with the better known Sheikh Husein , whose grave is not far from the Shebeli River. At the same time, however, they state that Cecchi states that Wariko's grave is on the banks of the Didessa and is an object of worship.

Hassen explains the story of Nur Husain by saying that Gomma was the first state in the Gibe region in which Islam became the belief of the entire people. Trimingham states that Gomma was the first of the Gibe kingdoms to convert to Islam . He quotes Major GW Harris, who writes that from 1841 "in Gomma the Muslim faith is universal" (in Gomma the Muslim faith was universal). In 1886 the kingdom was conquered by Besha Abue on behalf of Emperor Menelik II .

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literature

  1. ↑ CF Beckingham, GWB Huntingford (ed.): Some records of Ethiopia 1593-1646. Being extracts from The history of high Ethiopia or Arbassia by Manoel de Almeida. Together with Bahrey's History of the Galla (= Works issued by the Hakluyt Society . Ser. 2, Vol. 107, ISSN  0072-9396 ). Hakluyt Society, London 1954, pp. Lxxx.
  2. ^ Mohammed Hassen: The Oromo of Ethiopia. A History, 1570-1860. Red Sea Press, Trenton NJ 1994, ISBN 0-932415-94-6 , pp. 116f.
  3. ^ GWB Huntingford: The Galla of Ethiopia. The Kingdoms of Kafa and Janjero (= Ethnographic survey of Africa. North Eastern Africa. Vol. 2, ZDB -ID 446768-1 ). International African Institute, London 1955, p. 82.
  4. ^ Mohammed Hassen: The Oromo of Ethiopia. A History, 1570-1860. Red Sea Press, Trenton NJ 1994, ISBN 0-932415-94-6 , p. 109.
  5. ↑ CF Beckingham, GWB Huntingford (ed.): Some records of Ethiopia 1593-1646. Being extracts from The history of high Ethiopia or Arbassia by Manoel de Almeida. Together with Bahrey's History of the Galla (= Works issued by the Hakluyt Society. Ser. 2, Vol. 107, ISSN  0072-9396 ). Hakluyt Society, London 1954, pp. Lxxxix. Trimingham cites 1780 as the time of Nur Husain's departure from Mogadishu.
  6. ^ Mohammed Hassen: The Oromo of Ethiopia. A History, 1570-1860. Red Sea Press, Trenton NJ 1994, ISBN 0-932415-94-6 , p. 109.
  7. ^ J. Spencer Trimingham: Islam in Ethiopia. Geoffrey Cumberlege for the Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 1952, p. 200.