General Description The Kingdom of Jimma is said to have formed in the late 18th century by members of the Diggo clan which was a sub-group of the Oromo people. Around the turn of the 19th century, the Diggo captured the southern Ethiopian town of Jiren along with its great market, Hirmata and made this the capital of the kingdom. In 1830, Abba Jifar, became the first monarch of the new established Jimma Abba Jifar Kingdom. The Jimma Abba Jifar was an Islamic Kingdom governed by Shari’a Law. By the late 19th century, the kingdom came under threat by the expanding Abyssinian Kingdom. In order to protect the autonomy of the Kingdom of Jimma, its last ruler Abba Jifar II had to pay tribute to the Abyssinian rulers in exchange for the Kingdom’s independence. In 1932 Emperor Halie Selassie took control of the Kingdom and incorporated the region into the Ethiopian Empire. [1]
[1]: (Lewis 2001, 39-46) Lewis, Herbert S. 2001. Jimma Abba Jifar, an Oromo Monarchy: Ethiopia, 1830-1932. Lawrenceville, New Jersey: The Red Sea Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/GWWIKDDM/items/NRZVWSCD/collection
| Ethiopian Religions | 1790 CE 1829 CE |
| Islam | 1830 CE 1932 CE |
| Year Range | Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k) was in: |
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| Original Name | Kingdom of Jimma | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Capital | Jiren | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Alternative Name | Kingdom of Jimma Abba Jifar | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Alternative Name | Jimma-Kakka | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Succeeding Entity | Ethiopian Empire | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Relationship to Preceding Entity | cultural assimilation | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Degree of Centralization | unitary state | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Market | Present | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Irrigation System | Present | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Drinking Water Supply System | Present | Inferred | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Communal Building | Present | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Utilitarian Public Building | Present | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Knowledge Or Information Building | Present | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Road | Present | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Written Record | Present | Inferred | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Script | Present | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Sacred Text | Present | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Religious Literature | Present | Inferred | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Calendar | Present | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Foreign Coin | Present | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Article | Present | Inferred | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Courier | Present | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Weight Measurement System | Present | Inferred | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Volume Measurement System | Present | Inferred | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Time Measurement System | Present | Confident | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Length Measurement System | Present | Inferred | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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| Area Measurement System | Present | Inferred | 1790 CE 1932 CE | ||||||||
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