The Argobba are an ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia. A Muslim community, they are spread out through isolated village networks and towns in the north-eastern and eastern parts of the country. Group members have typically been astute traders and merchants, and have adjusted to the economic trends in their area. These factors have led to a decline in usage of the Argobba language.[3][4] Argobba are considered endangered today due to exogamy and destitution as well as ethnic cleansing by the Abyssinian state over the centuries.[5][6]
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^Joireman, Sandra F. (1997). Institutional Change in the Horn of Africa: The Allocation of Property Rights and Implications for Development. Universal-Publishers. p. 1. ISBN 1581120001. The Horn of Africa encompasses the countries of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia. These countries share similar peoples, languages, and geographical endowments.
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^Ancel, Stephane (2015). "A Muslim Prophecy Justifying the Conversion of Ethiopian Muslims to Christianity during Yoḥannəs IV's Reign". Annales d'Éthiopie. 30 (1): 321–328. doi:10.3406/ethio.2015.1592.
a nomadic people named Galab in eastern Shewa, who are supposedly the precursors to Argobba. This ethnic group would become known as Argobba after their...
Argobba is an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken in several districts of Afar, Amhara, and Oromia regions of Ethiopia by the Argobbapeople. It belongs...
Argobba may refer to: ArgobbapeopleArgobba language Argobba special woreda (Afar) in the Afar Region Argobba special woreda (Amhara) in the Amhara Region...
the Harla, Gaturi and Argobbapeople. In the Middle Ages Hararis led by Abadir supposedly came into conflict with the Shirazi people who had occupied Somalia's...
central Ethiopia. They are pastoralists. Karrayyu neighbor the Afar and Argobbapeople. It is believed the extinct Harla ethnicity were assimilated into Karrayyu...
century. In Harar, Abadir encountered the Gaturi alongside the Harla and Argobbapeople. Gaturi is claimed by one source to be a Harla sub clan. According to...
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dating back to the fourteenth century have been located. The local Argobbapeople credited Arabs for building these towns. Islam was introduced to the...
Argobba Bari, more commonly known as Argob Bari meaning "Argobba gate" is one of five ancient gates of Harar, Ethiopia. This gate is also known as the...
stratification that has included embedded castes referred to as Higal (or Higalki, Argobba). The upper noble strata has been called Gob (or Asha), while the lower...
group to their west, the Gebel, who would eventually procreate the Argobbapeople. Warjih were under the Sultanate of Shewa in the ninth century. The...
(1216 CE), where Abadir was supposedly met by the Harla, Gaturi and Argobbapeople. According to tradition, Abadir's brother Fakr ad-Din founded the Sultanate...
(Somali: Madhibaan), also known as Gaboye, are an artisanal caste among Somali people. They have been endogamous, and their traditional hereditary occupation...
language. Nicholas Tait proposes Harla language was indistinguishable with Argobba and Harari linguistic classifications. Ewald Wagner believes Harla were...
were men and 2,807 were women. The inhabitants include members of the Argobbapeople. It is the largest settlement in Kewet woreda. "Rebels attack Woyanne...
Tomal, also known as Tumal or Tumaal, is an artisanal caste among Somali people. Their traditional hereditary occupation has been as smiths and leather...
predominantly Argobba and Harari,. However, Amelie Chekroun suggests no possible link to identify the people of medieval Ifat with the Argobbapeople. Walasma...
Harar plateau, where Abadir was supposedly met by the Harla, Gaturi and Argobbapeople. 14th century – the chronicle of Ethiopian Emperor Amda Seyon stated...
the Tigrayans, the Tigre, the Gurage, the Argobba and the Harari people. In antiquity Ge'ez-speaking people inhabited the Aksumite Empire; the ancient...
(consisting of Semitic speaking Harari formally known as the Harla people, and the Argobba). During the 1600s, there were large-scale migrations of the Oromo...
are men and 1,442 are women. The inhabitants include members of the Argobbapeople. The 1994 census reported this town had a total population of 1,582...
location. Amharic is a South Ethio-Semitic language, along with Gurage, Argobba and others. Some time before the 1st century AD, the North and South branches...
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