Bulga (Ethiopia)

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Bulga (

Germama river to the south, which formed the historical boundary between it and Minjar in the south.[1] It presently encompasses the modern woredas of Hagere Mariamna Kesem, Asagirt, and Berehet.[2]

History

According to religious tradition and hagiographies, the area known as Bulga had historically been inhabited by Christians since

Axumite times, where Christian Amhara families had migrated there from the north around the time of the decline of Axum. Amongst these was the family of the widely revered Saint Tekle Haymanot, who was born in the district of Zorare, in Silalish,[3]
an ancient name for Bulga in 1215 and where he first launched his first evangelisations.

While Silalish seems to have been the name for the southern part of Bulga, Sarmat is thought to have the ancient name of the northern and central parts.

Menjarna Shenkora) was bordered by it in the south, although according to Johann Ludwig Krapf, Bulga was considered a part of Fetegar by 1842[6]

After the Islamic invasions led by

Oromos in the mid 18th century that it incorporated with the rest of the historical Amhara regions of Shewa along with Merhabete, Angolala, Tegulet and others.[9] By the 20th century, Emperor Haile Selassie had incorporated Bulga with the historical region of Tegulet to create the woreda known as Tegulet ena Bulga, and in 1993, the EPDRF divided it into the Hagere Mariamna Kesem, Asagirt, and Berehet
woredas.

Notable individuals

  • St. Tekle Haymanot, monk and patron saint of Ethiopia
  • Emperor
    Fasilidas
    , Emperor of Ethiopia from 1632 to 1667
  • St.
    Ethiopian Orthodox
    saint
  • Tesfa Gebreselassie (Ze-Biher Bulga), writer
  • Tekle-Tsadik Mekuria, notable historian and author


References

  1. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia, Bua-Buotaro"" (PDF). The Nordic Africa Institute website.
  2. ISBN 978-3-8258-4776-0
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  3. ^ Rubenson, Sven (1984). Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference of Ethiopian Studies. Institute of Ethiopian Studies.
  4. ^ Huntingford, George Wynn (1989). The Historical Geography of Ethiopia: From the First Century AD to 1704. British Academy.
  5. ^ Rossini, C. Conti (1917). Gädlä Filipos, "Ill Libro delle leggende ed tradizioni abissini dell'ecciaghié Filpos,". RRAL. pp. 699–717.
  6. ^ Ludwig Krapf, Johann (1837). Journals of the Rev. Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of the Church. Seeley. p. 288.
  7. ^ Cornwallis Harris, William (1843). The highlands of Æthiopia. Good Press.
  8. ^ Ludwig Krapf, Johann (1837). Journals of the Rev. Messrs Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society: Detailing Their Proceedings in the Kingdom of Shoa, and Journeys in Other Parts of Abyssinia, in the Years 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842. Cambridge University Press. p. 234.
  9. ^ Abir, Mordechai (1968). The Era of the Princes; The Challenge of Islam and the Re-unification of the Christian Empire (1769–1855). p. 147.

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