Hegano
Hegano (Harari: ሔገኖ) sometimes called Haygan or Hayjan was an administrative title in the Horn of Africa.[1]
Etymology
[edit]According to historian Abdurahman Garad, Hegano is an extract from the root Harari word Hegan “lieutenant” or Hegana ”to proxy”. Its also utilized in a similar manner by the languages of Silt'e and Wolane people.[2][3]
History
[edit]Hegano first appears in the fifteenth century emperor Zara Yaqob chronicles which states the rulers of the Abyssinian provinces of Gabar-ge and Wej were designated by this term.[4] It was also applied by the chiefs of Ganz province and linked to rulers of Bale.[5]
According to sixteenth century Adal writer Arab Faqīh, a Malassay soldier of Adal Sultanate who participated in the Ethiopian-Adal war was styled Alus bin al-Haygan.[6] During the Adalite occupation of Abyssinia the administrators of Ifat also held the title Hegano based on the Emirate of Harar chronicles.[7] Towards the end of the sixteenth century the ruler of Aussa a subordinate of Harar based Adal Sultanate was known as Hegano Hashim.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Hassan, Mohammed. Oromo of Ethiopia (PDF). University of London. p. 205.
- ↑ Hegano. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
- ↑ Leslau, Wolf. Etymological Dictionary of Harari. University of California Press. p. 80.
- ↑ Cerulli, Enrico. Islam yesterday and today. p. 275.
- ↑ Braukamper, Ulrich. Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia. LitVerlag. pp. 47–48.
- ↑ Chekroun, Amélie. Le" Futuh al-Habasa" : écriture de l'histoire, guerre et société dans le Bar Sa'ad ad-din. Université Panthéon-Sorbonne. p. 422.
- ↑ Garad, Abdurahman. Harar Wirtschaftsgeschichte eines Emirats im Horn von Afrika (1825-75). P. Lang. p. 59.
- ↑ Mercier, Héloïse. Writing and rewriting history from Harar to Awsa : a reappraisal of the Taʾrīkh al-mulūk. Annales d'Éthiopie. p. 47.