Kwelgora

Kwelgora also spelled as Kuelgora was a historical Muslim region located in central Ethiopia, it was bounded by the Ifat and Makhzumi state.[1] The locality was in the vicinity of Aliyu Amba and southward of Ankober.[2]

History

In the thirteenth century the Arab historian Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi states the people within reach of this state were in conflict with both the Nubians and Abyssinians.[3]

Fourteenth century Arab historian Ibn Fadlallah al-Umari states Kwelgora was a part of the Ifat Sultanate.[4] According to the so-called fourteenth century Amda Seyon chronicles, Kwelgora was invaded and pillaged by the emperor's troops alongside other Muslim dominions such as Biqulzar, Hubat, Gidaya, Hargaya and Fedis.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Kwelgora. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
  2. ^ Crawford, O.G.S. (9 August 2019). Ethiopian Itineraries circa 1400-1524: Including those Collected by Alessandro Zorzi at Venice in the Years 1519-24. Taylor & Francis. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-317-14101-3.
  3. ^ Prevost, Virginie (2023). "D". Dictionnaire géographique de l'Afrique médiévale. Bibliothèque historique des pays d'Islam. OpenEdition Books. pp. 133–144. ISBN 979-10-351-0998-1.
  4. ^ Lindahl, Bernhard. Local History of Ethiopia (PDF). Nordic Africa Institute. p. 8.
  5. ^ Hirsch, Bertrand (2020). "Le récit des guerres du roi ʿAmda Ṣeyon contre les sultanats islamiques, fiction épique du XVe siècle". Médiévales (79): 107. JSTOR 27092794.
  6. ^ Huntingford, George (1989). The Historical Geography of Ethiopia From the First Century AD to 1704. British Academy. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-19-726055-5.