The Wargar (Harari: ወርጋር) also spelled as Wergar were a clan inhabiting the Adal region.1
History
First 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.34
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.89
References
References
- 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.