Mora (historical region)
Mora (Harari: ሞረ Morä) also known as Mura was a historical Muslim state located in the Horn of Africa.[1][2][3][4] It was positioned northward of Ifat within reach of Aussa city in modern Afar region of Ethiopia.[5] Mora neighbored other states in the medieval era including Adal, Hubat, Hargaya, Gidaya, Hadiya, and Fatagar.[6][7]
History
[edit]In 1264 Sultan Dil Gamis of Makhzumi defeated the overlord of Mora state in battle.[8][9] Following Walasma deposing the Makhzumi dynasty in 1285, Mora was incorporated into the Ifat Sultanate circa 1288.[10]
In the fourteenth century Mora was among the states referenced by an Abyssinian emperor for raids conducted in his realm purely to capture slaves.[11] During Abyssinian Emperor Amda Seyon's invasion of the Ifat Sultanate in the fourteenth century, Mora joined a coalition with Adal and elected Imam Salih as their leader.[12] The so-called Amda Seyon chronicle states that the people of Mora had the ability to prophesize weather conditions.[13]
References
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- ^ Ende, Werner (15 December 2011). Islam in the World Today: A Handbook of Politics, Religion, Culture, and Society. Cornell University Press. p. 436. ISBN 978-0801464898.
- ^ Mora. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
- ^ Schneider, Madeleine. Stèles funéraires musulmanes de la province du Choa (PDF). Annales d'Éthiopie. p. 78.
- ^ Ayana, Daniel (2019). "The Northern Zanj, Demadim, Yamyam, Yam/Yamjam, Habasha/Ahabish, Zanj-Ahabish, and Zanj ed-Damadam – The Horn of Africa between the Ninth and Fifteenth Centuries". History in Africa. 46 (1). Cambridge University Press: 75. doi:10.1017/hia.2019.10.
- ^ Mahzumi dynasty. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
- ^ Cerulli, Enrico. Islam yesterday and today. pp. 238–239.
- ^ Jenkins, Everett (7 May 2015). The Muslim Diaspora (Volume 1, 570-1500) A Comprehensive Chronology of the Spread of Islam in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas · Volume 1. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 235. ISBN 9781476608884.
- ^ Hathaway, Jane (30 August 2018). The Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Harem From African Slave to Power-Broker. Cambridge University Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-107-10829-5.
- ^ Trimingham, J. Spencer (13 September 2013). Islam in Ethiopia. Taylor & Francis. p. 72. ISBN 9781136970221.
- ^ Huntingford, G.W.B (1965). The Glorious Victories of 'Āmda S̥eyon, King of Ethiopia. Clarendon Press. p. 117.