Everything about Hadiya totally explained
Hadiya was a powerful vassal kingdom of Ethiopia, located in southwestern
Ethiopia, south of the
Abbay River and west of
Shewa. It acquired its name from its inhabitants, the Hadiya people. The historical Hadiya area was situated between
Kembata,
Gamo, and
Waj, southwest of
Shewa. By 1850 Hadiya is placed north-west of lakes
Zway and
Langano but still between these areas.
It was described in the mid-Fourteenth century by
Chihab Al-Umari as measuring eight days' journey by nine (which Richard Pankhurst estimates was 160 by 180 kilometers), and although small it was fertile with fruit and cereals, rich with horses and its inhabitants used pieces of iron as money. It could raise an army of 40,000 cavalry and at least twice as many foot soldiers.
The current
Hadiya Zone of the
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, is located approximately where this former kingdom was.
History
The earliest surviving mention of Hadiya is in the
Kebra Nagast (ch. 94), indicating that it was in existence by the 13th century. Another early mention is in a manuscript written on the island monastery of
Lake Hayq, which states that after conquering
Damot Emperor
Amda Seyon proceeded to Hadiya and brought it under his control. Later in the reign of this Emperor, the King of Hadiya, Amano, refused to submit to the Emperor, encouraged by a Muslim "prophet of darkness" named Bel'am. Emperor Amda Seyon set forth for Hadiya, where he "slew the inhabitants of the country with the point of the sword", killing many of the inhabitants while enslaving others. Despite such punitive measures, many of the Hadiya people served in the military units of Amda Seyon.
Many kings of the Ethiopian central government were married to women from Hadiya; the powerful
Queen Eleni of Hadiya is one example.
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