Benishangul-Gumuz Sheikhdoms

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Two Berta (Shangul) in the mid-19th century

The Benishangul-Gumuz Sheikhdoms were Muslim states that formed across western Ethiopia (particularly Benishangul-Gumuz region) and southeastern Sudan during the 19th century in the land formerly ruled by the Kingdom of Fazughli and Funj Sultanate, the most powerful of which was ruled by one "Sheikh Khoyele." The northernmost holdings of these kingdoms would instead become the Ethiopian province of Ras al-Fil to the west of Begemder and be settled by Fulani and Darfur migrants, known as Takrur, with the consent of the Gondarine period emperors. The Benishangul and adjacent sheikhdoms arose due to Sennar's fall and population movements caused by the ensuing turmoil. Later on in the century these polities would be conquered by the Ethiopian Empire during its southern expansion, after which the former capital of Asosa became the area's political and economic capital. [1] [2] [3] Gubba is recorded to have been conquered at the behest of Abdallahi ibn Muhammad of Sudan who feared the British would occupy it. [4]

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References

  1. "Surviving the Second Conquest" (PDF). University of Amsterdam.
  2. Erlich, Haggai (2007). "Ethiopia and the Mahdiyya – You Call Me a Chicken?". Journal of Ethiopian Studies. 40 (1/2). Institute of Ethiopian Studies: 247. JSTOR   41988228. Archived from the original on 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  3. Alessandro Triulzi, "Asosa", in: Siegbert Uhlig (Hrsg.), Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Band 1, 2003, ISBN 3-447-04746-1
  4. Erlich, Haggai (2007). "Ethiopia and the Mahdiyya – You Call Me a Chicken?". Journal of Ethiopian Studies. 40 (1/2). Institute of Ethiopian Studies: 247. JSTOR   41988228. Archived from the original on 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2023-01-06.