Ethiopian monk, author, historian, and ethnographer in the 16th century
AbbaBahrey (Ge'ez: ባሕርይ bāḥriy, "pearl") was a late 16th-century Ethiopian monk, historian, and ethnographer, from the southern region of Gamo.[1] He is best known for his 1593 work on the history of the Oromo and their migrations in the 16th century, the "History of the Galla" ("ዜናሁ ፡ ለጋላ" zēnāhū lagāllā).[2] This short work is the source that Manuel de Almeida borrowed heavily from in writing his history of Ethiopia, and Hiob Ludolf derived much of his information on the Oromo from Baltazar Téllez's abridgment of Almeida's work.[3]
Bahrey may also have been the author of Emperor Sarsa Dengel's chronicle, "The History of King Sarsa Dengel."[4]
^Maimire Mennasemay, " Abba Bahrey's Zenahu Le Hin Gallaa: Towards an Ethiopian Critical Theory " International Journal of Ethiopian Studies Vol. 6, No. 1/2 (2012), pp. 1-28
^English translation by C. F. Beckingham and G. W. B. Huntingford, Some Records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1954).
^Herbert S. Lewis, "The Origins of the Galla and Somali", Journal of African History, 7 (1966), p. 32 n. 14
^Baxter, Paul T. W., "Baḥrəy" in Uhlig, Siegbert, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: A-C (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003), p. 446.
Abba Bahrey (Ge'ez: ባሕርይ bāḥriy, "pearl") was a late 16th-century Ethiopian monk, historian, and ethnographer, from the southern region of Gamo. He is...
related to their raids. This persisted until gada of Meslé. According to Abba Bahrey, the earliest expansion occurred under Emperor Dawit II (luba Melbah), when...
first detailed history of the Oromo people comes from the Ethiopian monk Bahrey who wrote Zenahu la Galla, or "History of the Galla" in 1593. They are also...
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ruins." The term Galla, a derogatory term for the Oromo, was according to Bahrey, 'The Galla came from the west and crossed the river of their country, which...
provinces of the Empire. A contemporary account was recorded by the monk Abba Bahrey, from the Gamo region. Subsequently, the empire organization changed progressively...
nation in conflicts with the Islamic Ifat Sultanate. The 16th century monk Bahrey was the first in Ethiopia to produce a historical ethnography, focusing...
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Oromo in the south, where he forced the Dawé Oromo in Wej to flee south. Bahrey praised Sarsa Dengel's campaign, stating that he "did not act according...
considered to have ended and the history of Modern Ethiopia to have begun. Abba Bahrey’s Zenahu Legalla: Towards an Ethiopian critical theory - JSTOR. (n.d.-a)...
Ethiopian social order based on feudalism and religious orthodoxy. The monk Bahrey, who wrote a treatise on the Oromo in 1593, attributed their success to...
inspired works of ethnography, by authors such as the monk and historian Bahrey, which were embedded into the existing historiographic tradition and encouraged...
north invaded the Adal Sultanate. This struggle, which was mentioned by Bahrey, led to the devastation of many regions and Nur's army was defeated at the...
invasion was accompanied by carnage on an appalling scale and according to Bahrey, there had been "no such slaughter since the Oromo first invaded". This...
Moroccan historian Abd al-Aziz al-Fishtali (1549–1621), Moroccan historian Bahrey (born 1593), Ethiopian monk and historian; wrote Zenahu le Galla (History...
provide service for their conquerors. such as in Damot, where according to Bahrey, the Boran clan surrounded the province "enslaved the men and carried off...
expansion of the Oromo in the area south of the Blue Nile. The Ethiopian monk Bahrey most important chronicler of the Oromo hikes called the Macha and Tulama...
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from The History of High Ethiopia or Abassia by Manoel de Almeida Together with Bahrey's History of the Galla. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-05271-5....
History of High Ethiopia or Abassia by Manoel de Almeida Together with Bahrey's History of the Galla. Taylor & Francis. p. 135. ISBN 9781317052715. Uhlig...
History of High Ethiopia or Abassia by Manoel de Almeida Together with Bahrey's History of the Galla. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-05271-5. Levi, Vida...
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