Jiren, thus integrating the two polities. It was shortly after his son AbbaJifarII assumed the throne that the power of the neguses of Shewa began to reach...
grandson of Abba JifarII. He aligned himself with the Italian occupation of Ethiopia. When King AbbaJifarII grew senile in his later years, Abba Jobir ascended...
(1820-1840) who completed the process of state formation in Gomma. It was AbbaJifar I (1830-1854) who completed the formation of the kingdom of Jimma. It...
Menelik's stead during his infirmity. Menelik II and Taytu Betul personally owned 70,000 slaves. AbbaJifarII also is said to have more than 10,000 slaves...
Jimma, a tributary of the Ethiopian Empire, marrying the daughter of AbbaJifarII. However, he refused to pay tribute to Shewa (unlike his predecessors...
“tuk-tuks”) or “line taxis” that are converted mini vans. King AbbaJifar I King AbbaJifarII President Mengistu Haile Mariam (born in Jimma) Prime Minister...
is an Ethiopian royal personality. She is the great-granddaughter of AbbaJifarII, and the niece of Ababiya Abajobir, a founding member of the Oromo Liberation...
King of Kings of Ethiopia and Elect of God." Following the death of AbbaJifarII of Jimma, Emperor Haile Selassie seized the opportunity to annex Jimma...
the combined armies of Welde Giyorgis Aboye, Ras Damisse, and King AbbaJifarII of Jimma, until he was captured 11 September 1897, and was first sent...
states such as the brother of AbbaJifarII the ruler of the Kingdom of Jimma backed Hassan's troops. However AbbaJifar himself refused, replying to Hassan's...
in January 1887 offering 'Abd Allah the same kind of autonomy that AbbaJifarII of the Kingdom of Jimma enjoyed; the Emir refused this offer. Knowing...
southeast portion of the Kingdom of Jimma. Herbert S. Lewis, A Galla Monarchy: Jimma AbbaJifar, Ethiopia (Madison, Wisconsin, 1965), pp. 43f. v t e v t e...
movement (d. 1940) Victoire Jean-Baptiste, Haitian politician (d. 1923) AbbaJifarII, king of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma (d. 1932) January 2 – King Frederick...
Jimma was formally absorbed into Ethiopia following the death of Sultan AbbaJifarII of Jimma. Ethiopia became the target of renewed Italian imperialist...
Ras Wolde Gyorgis, having been captured by a soldier of Negus Mikael. AbbaJifarII had sent the auxiliaries, betraying Tona Gaga. Wolaita had different...
overseer. Fatansa appealed in vain to Kumsa Mereda of Leqa Nekemte and AbbaJifarII of Jimma (who both by that time had accepted Ethiopian suzerainty over...
Demissew Nassibu, and Dejazmach Tessema Nadew to conquer Kaffa. King AbbaJifarII of Jimma supported the Ethiopian forces with his own troops. Ras Walda...
referenced in a letter by the Kingdom of Jimma's Muslim state leader AbbaJifarII in Ethiopia to Hadiya rebel Hassan Enjamo. The Kunta became particularly...
OLF's Foreign Affairs in Washington from 2000 to 2003. A grandson of AbbaJifarII, last Moti of the Kingdom of Jimma, in what is now the region of Oromia...
early 1939, employed under the monarchial house of the town's king AbbaJifarII's family. Lauded for his ability as one of the most skilled auto mechanics...