Endagabatan
Endagabatan (Amharic: እንደገብጠን) also known as Enda Gabtan, Anda Gabtan, or Endagabton was a historical province of Ethiopia. Located north west of the old Fatagar region, bounded by Mugar, Gudar as well as Abay rivers. The region is in modern west Shewa province.[1]
History
[edit]In the 13th century it was under the Kingdom of Damot.[2] The region was likely under Ethiopian Christian control during Emperor Amda Seyon by the 14th century however it was contested by the Muslim Ifat Sultanate's Sabr ad-Din I. The region's inhabitants were mostly the now extinct Gafat people. Endagabatan was invaded by the Adal Sultanate under Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi in the middle of the sixteenth century.[3] In 1563 the region was also the site of a rebellion led by Emperor Sarsa Dengel's cousin Hamalmal which is known as the Battle of Endagabatan. Modern day Endagabatan was incorporated into Shewa province in the 19th century.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hassan, Mohammed. Oromo of Ethiopia (PDF). University of London. p. 234.
- ^ Bouanga, Ayda. Gold, Slaves, and Trading Routes in Southern Blue Nile (Abbay) Societies, Ethiopia, 13th–16th Centuries. Northeast African Studies.
- ^ Pankhrst, Richard; Faqih, Arab. The Conquest of Abyssinia 16th Century. Tsehai Publishers & Distributors. p. 243.
- ^ Endagabatan. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.