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Kingdom of Jimma

1790 CE 1932 CE

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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

General Variables

Identity and Location

1 Utm Zone

1 Original Name

1 Capital

2 Alternative Name

Temporal Bounds

1 Peak Years

1 Duration

Political and Cultural Relations

1 Succeeding Entity

1 Relationship to preceding Entity

1 Polity Succession

1 Degree of Centralization

Language

1 Linguistic Family

1 Language

Religion

2 Religious Tradition

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

1 Polity Territory

1 Polity Population

Hierarchical Complexity

1 Settlement Hierarchy

1 Military Level

1 Administrative Level

Professions

Bureaucracy Characteristics

Law

1 Professional Lawyer

1 Judge

1 Formal Legal Code

1 Court

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

1 Market

1 Irrigation System

1 Drinking Water Supply System

1 Communal Building

1 Utilitarian Public Building

1 Knowledge Or Information Building

Transport Infrastructure

1 Road

Special-purpose Sites

1 Trading Emporia

1 Special Purpose Site

1 Ceremonial Site

1 Burial Site

Information / Writing System

1 Written Record

1 Script

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

1 Sacred Text

1 Religious Literature

1 Calendar

Information / Money

1 Foreign Coin

1 Article

Information / Postal System

1 Courier

Information / Measurement System

1 Weight Measurement System

1 Volume Measurement System

1 Time Measurement System

1 Length Measurement System

1 Area Measurement System

Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications

Military use of Metals

Projectiles

Handheld weapons

Animals used in warfare

Armor

Naval technology

Economy Variables (Luxury Goods) Coding in Progress.

Religion Variables Coding in Progress.

Crisis Consequence Cases Coding in Progress.

Power Transitions

7 Power Transition

Instability Events

3 Instability Event

General Variables

Identity and Location Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Utm Zone	37 N	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Original Name	Kingdom of Jimma	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Capital	Jiren	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Alternative Name	Kingdom of Jimma Abba Jifar	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Alternative Name	Jimma-Kakka	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Temporal Bounds Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More
Peak Years	[1830 CE ➜ 1855 CE]
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Duration	[1790 CE ➜ 1932 CE]
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Political and Cultural Relations Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Succeeding Entity	Ethiopian Empire	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Relationship to Preceding Entity	cultural assimilation	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Preceding Entity	cultural assimilation; Kafa [absorption] Update here
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Degree of Centralization	unitary state	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Language Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Linguistic Family	Afro-Asiatic	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Language	Oromo	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Religion Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Religious Tradition	Ethiopian Religions	1790 CE 1829 CE
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Religious Tradition	Islam	1830 CE 1932 CE
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Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Polity Territory	12,900 km²	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Polity Population	[100,000 to 300,000] people	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Hierarchical Complexity Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Settlement Hierarchy	5	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Military Level	5	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Administrative Level	12	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Professions Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

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Bureaucracy Characteristics Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

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Law Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Lawyer	Present Inferred	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Judge	Present	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Formal Legal Code	Present	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Court	Present	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Market	Present	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Irrigation System	Present	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	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Utilitarian Public Building	Present	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Knowledge Or Information Building	Present	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Transport Infrastructure Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Road	Present	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Special-purpose Sites Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Trading Emporia	Present Inferred	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Special Purpose Site	Present	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Ceremonial Site	Present	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Burial Site	Present	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Information / Writing System Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Written Record	Present Inferred	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Script	Present	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Sacred Text	Present	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Religious Literature	Present Inferred	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Calendar	Present	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Information / Money Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Foreign Coin	Present	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Article	Present Inferred	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Information / Postal System Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Courier	Present	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Information / Measurement System Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
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	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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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

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Military use of Metals Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

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Projectiles Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

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Handheld weapons Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

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Animals used in warfare Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

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Armor Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

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Naval technology Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)

Religion Variables

Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Moralizing Enforcement is Broad	Present	1830 CE 1932 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary	Present	1790 CE 1829 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary	Present	1830 CE 1932 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic	Present	1790 CE 1829 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic	Present	1830 CE 1932 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life	Present	1790 CE 1829 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in This Life	Present	1830 CE 1932 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward	Present	1790 CE 1829 CE
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Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward	Present	1830 CE 1932 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners	Present	1790 CE 1932 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted	Present	1790 CE 1829 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted	Present	1830 CE 1932 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife	Absent	1790 CE 1829 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife	Present	1830 CE 1932 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites	Present	1790 CE 1829 CE
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Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites	Present	1830 CE 1932 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers	Present Inferred	1790 CE 1829 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers	Present	1830 CE 1932 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain	Present	1790 CE 1829 CE
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Moralizing Enforcement is Certain	Present	1830 CE 1932 CE
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Human Sacrifice Kingdom of Jimma (et_jimma_k)

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