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Harar [a] (Amharic: ... The ancient city is located on a hilltop in the eastern part of the country and is about 500 kilometres (310 mi) ...
The Harari Region (Amharic: ሐረሪ ክልል; Oromo: Naannoo Hararii; Harari: ሀረሪ ሑስኒ), officially the Harari People's National Regional State (Amharic: የሐረሪ ሕዝብ ብሔራዊ ክልላዊ መንግሥት; Oromo: Mootummaa Naannoo Ummata Hararii; Harari: ዚሀረሪ ኡምመት ሑስኒ ሑኩማ), is a regional state in eastern Ethiopia, covering the homeland of ...
Harar is located at the intersection of several major trade routes, connected to Asia via the Indian Ocean and silk roads, to routes across North Africa, and to the Middle East and Europe. Thanks to its position at this crossroads, the city became an early hub of Islam in East Africa .
Ethiopia is home to Harar. According to UNESCO, it is regarded as the fourth holy city of Islam. It has 82 mosques, three of which date from the 10th century, as well as 102 shrines. [14] [15] The city of Harar is located in Eastern Ethiopia and got its role of being an Islamic center in the 16th century AD. [16]
In the Emirate of Harar period, Hararis sent missionaries to convert Oromo to Islam. [38] The loss of the crucial Battle of Chelenqo marked the end of Harar's independence in 1887. [39] Hararis supported the designated but uncrowned Emperor of Ethiopia Lij Iyasu, and his presumed efforts to make Harar the capital of an African Islamic empire. [40]
Location of Hararge within the Ethiopian Empire. Hararghe (Amharic: ሐረርጌ Harärge; Harari: ሀረርጌ፞ይ, هَرَرْݘٛىيْ,Harargêy, Oromo: Harargee, Somali: Xararge, حَرَرْگَِ) was a province of eastern Ethiopia with its capital in Harar.
Adal (Harari: አዳል; Somali: Awdal), known as Awdal or Aw Abdal [1] [2] was a historical Muslim region in the Horn of Africa. [3] [4] Located east of Ifat and the Awash river as far as the coast, and including Harar as well as Zeila.
The Harlaa archaeological site is located 40 km north-west of Harar and 15 km southeast of Dire Dawa and is the ‘Harla’ stone-built towns and funerary monuments whose origins are ascribed by the Oromo people to a legendary ancient race of giants who occupied the region before the Oromo arrived in the area. Harlaa was a large urban centre ...