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 PhD Dissertation, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg (2016).
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Conzelman, W. El., ed., 1895. Chronique de Galâwdêwos (Claudius) roi d’Éthiopie, Bibliothèque de l’École pratique des hautes études, Sciences philologiques et historiques, 104 (Paris: Librairie Émile Bouillon, Éditeur, 1895).
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Van Donzel, E. 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, ed. R. Pankhurst, Fontes historiae africanae, Series Varia, 4 (Oxford: 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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