Biqulzar also spelled as Baqulzar or Bequl zar was a historical region located in eastern Ethiopia.[1][2][3] The state was positioned east of the Awash River.[4] Historian Hussein Ahmed, proposes it was a general term for districts east of Amhara region in the fourteenth century.[5]

Etymology

Biqulzar originates from the Harari language meaning “verdure along a stream.”[6]

History

According to fourteenth century Arab historian Ibn Fadlallah al-Umari, Biqulzar was one of Ifat's ancient metropolises or regions.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

In the fourteenth century, Ethiopian emperor Amda Seyon fought the Wargar or Warjih people in Biqulzar.[13][14][15] According to Salvatore Tsdeschi, in 1332 Amda Seyon had summoned his vassal ruler of Ifat, Jamal ad-Din I in Biqulzar however Manfred Kropp believes Amda Seyon met with a distinct ruler of Biqulzar.[16][17]

References

  1. ↑ Cerulli, Enrico (1941). "Il Sultanato Dello Scioa Nel Secolo Xiii Secondo Un Nuovo Documento Storico". Rassegna di Studi Etiopici. Istituto per l'Oriente C. A. Nallino. 1 (1): 39. JSTOR 41460159.
  2. ↑ Gelgelo, Surafel. HISTORY OF ETHIOPIA AND THE HORN (PDF). Ministry of Science and Higher education. p. 49.
  3. ↑ Feto, Jemal. A HISTORICAL SURVEY OF THE ISLAMIZATION OF ARSI OROMO: WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON GADAB AREA, 1935-2000 (PDF). Haramaya University. p. 11.
  4. ↑ Tamrat, Taddesse. Review: The Chronicle of 'Amde-Siyon. Cambridge University Press. p. 513. JSTOR 180118.
  5. ↑ Ahmed, Hussein (October 2021). Islam in Nineteenth-Century Wallo, Ethiopia Revival, Reform and Reaction. Brill. p. 6. ISBN 9789004492288.
  6. ↑ Gidaya. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
  7. ↑ TUFFA, TSEGAYE. THE DYNAMICS OF TULAMA OROMO IN THE HISTORY OF CONTINUITY AND CHANGE, CA. 1700-1880S (PDF). University of Toronto. p. 43.
  8. ↑ Braukamper, Ulrich (1977). "Islamic Principalities in Southeast Ethiopia Between the Thirteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (Part 1)". Ethiopianist Notes. Michigan State University Press. 1 (1): 23. JSTOR 42731359.
  9. ↑ Trimingham, J. (13 September 2013). Islam in Ethiopia. Taylor & Francis. p. 75. ISBN 9781136970221.
  10. ↑ Fauvelle, François-Xavier. The Sultanate of Awfāt, its capital and the necropolis of the Walasmaʿ. Institut français d'archéologie orientale.
  11. ↑ Hirsch, Bertrand. The account of the wars of King ʿAmda Ṣeyon against the Islamic sultanates, epic fiction of the fifteenth century. Presses universitaires de Vincennes.
  12. ↑ Kwelgora. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
  13. ↑ Trimingham, J. (13 September 2013). Islam in Ethiopia. Taylor & Francis. p. 72. ISBN 9781136970221.
  14. ↑ Tamrat, Taddesse. Church and state (PDF). University of London. p. 156.
  15. ↑ Pankhurst, Richard (1997). Ethiopian borderlands. Red Sea Press. p. 41. ISBN 9780932415196.
  16. ↑ TEDESCHI, SALVATORE (1978). "LE GESTA DI 'AMDA-ṢEYON NELLA CRONOLOGIA E NELLA STORIA". Rassegna di Studi Etiopici. Istituto per l'Oriente C. A. Nallino. 27: 144. JSTOR 41299651.
  17. ↑ Jamal Ad-din Mansur. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
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