Waǧ
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
ወጅ፡↗ normalized: Waǧ↗ alt: ወጌ፡↗ normalized: Wage↗ alt: ወጅ፡ ምድር↗ normalized: Waǧ mǝdǝr↗ Šawā↗ Mugär↗ ʾAbbāy↗ Dabra Libānos↗ Šawā↗ Šawā↗ Dabra Libānos↗ Faṭagār↗ ʾAdāl↗ ʾAdāl↗
ወጅ፡gez
alt: ወጌ፡ar
alt: ወጅ፡ ምድርam
History
history: Waǧ is a historical region in Šawā↗ south of the river Mugär↗ which flows into the ʾAbbāy↗ west of Dabra Libānos↗ of Šawā↗ . It was one of the seven districts of Šawā↗ which contributed to troops to Yǝkunno ʾAmlāk↗ for his campaign against the last Zāgʷe king. It was also the native region of Yǝmrǝḥanna Krǝstos↗ the 15th century 9th ? of Dabra Libānos↗ . The history of Waǧ is closely connected to its neighbour on the east Faṭagār↗ . ʿAmda Ṣǝyon I↗ is reported to have defeated the Zebdār of Waǧ and appointed a governor with the title Masfǝn. During the time of ? Zarʾa Yāʿqob↗ the governor bore the title hǝgāno, a possible indication that the district was Islamic by that time. During the time of ? Baʾǝda Māryām I↗ it served as an important strategic region to conduct military campaigns against ʾAdāl↗ . Following the death of ʾAḥmad↗ , Waǧ was also a stronghold of King Galāwdewos↗ where he built his royal seat in1550. In 1577, ? Śarḍa Dǝngǝl↗ , on his way to attack sultān of ʾAdāl↗ , passed through Waǧ.
Secondary Bibliography
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Solomon Gebreyes Beyene 2016. Chronicle of King Gälawdewos (1540-1559): Critical Edition and Annotated Translation, Dissertation, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg (2016).
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Conzelman, W. E. 1895. Chronique de Galâwdêwos (Claudius), roi d’Éthiopie, texte éthiopien, traduit, annoté et précédé d’une introduction historique, ed., tr. W. E. Conzelman, Bibliothèque de l’École pratique des hautes études, Sciences philologiques et historiques, 104 (Paris: Librairie Émile Bouillon, Éditeur, 1895).
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Donzel, E. J. van 2010. ‘Waǧ’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 1070a-b.
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Solomon Gebreyes Beyene, S. 2015. ‘The Chronicle of Emperor Gälawdewos (1540-1559): a source on Ethiopia’s mediaeval historical geography’, in A. Bausi, A. Gori, D. Nosnitsin, and E. Sokolinski, eds, Essays in Ethiopian Manuscript Studies: Proceedings of the International Conference Manuscripts and Texts, Languages and Contexts: the Transmission of Knowledge in the Horn of Africa, Hamburg, 17–19 July 2014, Supplement to Aethiopica, 4 (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2015), 109–118.page 109-118
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Huntingford, G. W. B. 1989. The Historical Geography of Ethiopia: From the First Century ad to 1704, Ethiopic spellings revised by D. Appleyard, ed. R. Pankhurst, Fontes Historiae Africanae, Series Varia, 4 (Oxford–New York, NY: The Oxford University Press, 1989).page 61, 79, 81, 84, 91, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 114, 119, 134, 137, 144, 147, 166, 171, 247,
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Braukämper, U. 2002. Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia: Collected Essays, Göttinger Beiträge zur Ethnologie, 9 (Münster: LIT Verlag, 2002).page 43-47
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