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    The Kingdom of Jimma (Oromo: Mootummaa Jimmaa) was an Oromo Muslim kingdom in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in the 18th century. It shared its...
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    caravan route between Shewa and the Kingdom of Kaffa, as well as being only six miles from the palace of the king of Jimma. According to Donald Levine, in...
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    Jimma is a zone in Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Jimma is named after former Kingdom of Jimma, which was absorbed into the former province of Kaffa in 1932...
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  • The Kingdom of Yamma was a small kingdom located in what is now Ethiopia. It lay in the angle formed by the Omo and the Jimma Gibe Rivers; to the west...
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    Abba Jifar II (category Kings of Gibe)
    Jifaar; 1861 – 1932) was King of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma (r. 1878–1932). Abba Jifar II was king of Jimma, and the son of Abba Gomol and Queen Gumiti....
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  • of the Kingdom of Jimma 1862–78; son of Abba Bok'a Abba Jifar I (ruled 1830 - c. 1855) and Abba Jifar II (ruled 1878–1932), kings of the Kingdom of Jimma...
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  • Abba Jifar I (category Kings of Gibe)
    1830–1855) was the first king of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma. Abba Jifar was the son of Abba Magal, who was a leader of the Diggo Oromo. He built upon...
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  • encroachments by the Oromos of the Kingdom of Jimma. Werner Lange discusses the possibility that the kingdom of Garo had been a subsidiary part of Ennarea, in much...
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    eastern border with the Kingdom of Jimma, its southern border with the Kingdom of Gomma and its western border with the Kingdom of Gumma. Beyond its northern...
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    Abba Jofir (category Date of birth missing)
    Dula was the last King of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma (reigned 1932), and a member of the Oromo people. He was the grandson of Abba Jifar II. He aligned...
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    son of Mswati II. The origins of Jimma are obscure, although prior to the Oromo migrations, the territory this kingdom came to occupy had been part of the...
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    Gibe region (category Former provinces of Ethiopia)
    west of the Gibe and Omo Rivers, and north of the Gojeb. It was the location of the former Oromo and Sidama kingdoms of Gera, Gomma, Garo, Gumma, Jimma, and...
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  • capital of the Kingdom of Jimma, in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Today it is a village or suburb on the outskirts of the city of Jimma, consisting of approximately...
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  • The following is a list of rulers of the Kingdom of Jimma. Jimma was one of the five oromo Gibe kingdoms in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in...
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    to annex Jimma. In 1932, the Kingdom of Jimma was formally absorbed into Ethiopia. During the reorganization of the provinces in 1942, Jimma vanished...
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  • neighboring states such as the brother of Abba Jifar II the ruler of the Kingdom of Jimma backed Hassan's troops. However Abba Jifar himself refused, replying...
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  • following is a list of rulers of the Kingdom of Garo or Bosha. Bosha was one of the kingdoms on the periphery of the Gibe region of Ethiopia. It existed...
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    castes of artisans, and at the lowest level were the slaves. In the Islamic Kingdom of Jimma, the Oromo society's caste strata predominantly consisted of endogamous...
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  • Janjero state of Gimirra Kingdom of Jimma title Moti See: Rulers of the Gibe state of Jimma Kingdom of Kaffa - foundation 1390 old Kaffa Kingdom; 1700 for...
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    AD) (List of rulers of Gumma) Kingdom of Jimma (1790–1884/1889/1932 AD) (List of rulers of Jimma) Buha Kingdoms (A) (18th century-late 19th century AD):...
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  • Sultanate of Hobyo (mid-18th century – early 20th century) Kingdom of Gomma (early 19th century – 1886) Kingdom of Gera (1835–1900) Kingdom of Jimma (1830–1932)...
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  • Abba Gomol (category Kings of Gibe)
    King of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma (reigned 1862–1878). Abba Gomol was the son of Abba Bok'a and a woman from the Busase family of the Kingdom of Kaffa...
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  • list of wars involving the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (modern-day Ethiopia) and its predecessor states. Hassen, Mohammed. Oromo of Ethiopia...
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    19th century – 1886) Kingdom of Jimma (1830 – 1932) Kingdom of Gumma (1840 – 1902) Wassoulou Empire (1878 - 1898) Sultanate of Hobyo (1880s - 1920s) Dervish...
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    invade the Emirate of Harar in January 1887 offering 'Abd Allah the same kind of autonomy that Abba Jifar II of the Kingdom of Jimma enjoyed; the Emir...
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  •  1835–1887) Kingdom of Jimma (1790–1932) Ennarea (14th century–c. 1710) Kingdom of Limmu-Ennarea (1801–1891) Emirate of Harar (1647–1887) State of Somaliland...
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    African empires (category Former monarchies of Africa)
    Sultanate of Aussa (1734–present) Kingdom of Gomma (early 1800s–1886) Kingdom of Jimma (1830–1932) Kingdom of Gumma (1840–1902) Sultanate of Hobyo (1880s–1920s)...
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    thousands of Wollo Muslims to break their resistance. Many Muslims from Wollo left for sanctuary in Metemma, Kingdom of Jimma, and the Emirate of Harar....
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  • Abba Rebu (category Year of birth unknown)
    Moti Abba Rebu was King of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma, in Ethiopia (reigned 1855–1859). He was the son of Abba Jifar I. Abba Rebu was a warlike king, and...
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    and native kingdoms and insurgents on the other, though there are exceptions (e.g. the Italo-Turkish War, as well as intercolonial invasions of German, Italian...
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