The Wargar (Harari: ወርጋር) also spelled as Wergar were a clan inhabiting the Adal region.[1]
History
editFirst mentioned in the fourteenth century chronicles of Emperor Amda Seyon I of Ethiopia as allies of Imam Salih.[2]
In the sixteenth century, the overlord of Zeila Wargar ibn Abogn, accompanied Adal leader Ahmed ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi during the Ethiopian-Adal War.[3][4]
Wargar is described as a Harla sub clan within the Harari people.[5] According to Harari tradition, it was then that, to defend themselves, seven clans of the neighbouring villages united against a common adversary, including Wargar, to form a Harar city-state.[6] The title Wargar persisted in the post seventeenth century state Emirate of Harar's fringes.[7] The Warjih people who previously inhabited the Harari region, today reside in Shewa and are commonly referred to as Wargar.[8][9]
See also
edit- Warsangali, Harti Somali clan
- Wardiq, Issa Somali clan
References
edit- ↑ Budge, E.A. History Of Ethiopia Nubia And Abyssinia. Routledge. p. 291.
- ↑ Trimingham, J. Islam in Ethiopia. Taylor & Francis. p. 72.
- ↑ Chekroun, Amélie. Le Futūḥ al-Ḥabaša Écriture de l'histoire, guerre et société dans le Bar Sa'ad ad-dīn (PDF). l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. p. 154.
- ↑ Muth, Franz-Christoph. Allahs Netze: ʽArabfaqīhs Futūḥ al-Ḥabaša als Quelle für Netzwerkanalysen. Annales d'Éthiopie. p. 120.
- ↑ WONDIMU, ALEMAYEHU. A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE HARARI PEOPLE (PDF). JIMMA UNIVERSITY. p. I.
- ↑ Harar cultural page. Media and Communications Center. p. 501.
- ↑ Abubaker, Abdulmalik. Taxes, tax payers and collectors-pre and post Menelik: Harari experience (PDF). University of Alabama. p. 35.
- ↑ Mordechai, Abir (2013-10-28). Ethiopia and the Red Sea: The Rise and Decline of the Solomonic Dynasty and Muslim European Rivalry in the Region. Routledge. p. xvii-xviii. ISBN 9781136280900.
- ↑ Wargih. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.