Place:Kwelgora
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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
- ↑ Kwelgora. Encyclopedia Aethiopica. https://en.sewasew.com/p/kwe-lgora-(%E1%8A%A9%E1%88%8D%E1%8C%8E%E1%88%AB).
- ↑ 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=wHIIEQAAQBAJ&dq=Kuelgora&pg=PA66.
- ↑ 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. https://books.openedition.org/psorbonne/114681?lang=en.
- ↑ Lindahl, Bernhard. Local History of Ethiopia. Nordic Africa Institute. p. 8. https://nai.uu.se/download/18.39fca04516faedec8b248df5/1580829012329/ORTIA05.pdf.
- ↑ Hirsch, Bertrand (2020). "Le récit des guerres du roi ʿAmda Ṣeyon contre les sultanats islamiques, fiction épique du XVe siècle". Médiévales (79): 107. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27092794.
- ↑ 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=kpIiAAAAMAAJ&q=The%20Historical%20Geography%20of%20Ethiopia:%20From%20the%20First%20Century%20AD%20to%201704.
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