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Negash Bezabeh
Negash is a village in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, which straddles the Adigrat to Mekelle road north of Wukro. It is located in Wukro woreda. History Negash is considered to be the earliest Muslim settlement in Africa; a cemetery from the 7th century CE has been excavated inside the village boundaries.Paul B. Henze, ''Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia'' (New York: Palgrave, 2000), p. 43. The ''Futuh al-Habasha'' records Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi visited the tomb of Ashama ibn Abjar in Negash during his invasion of the province of Tigray (around 1537).Sihab ad-Din Ahmad bin 'Abd al-Qader, ''Futuh al-Habasa: The conquest of Ethiopia'', translated by Paul Lester Stenhouse with annotations by Richard Pankhurst (Hollywood: Tsehai, 2003), pp. 350f Negash is also known for having one of Africa's oldest mosques, that is the Al Nejashi Mosque. In 2020 during Tigray War, the Al Nejashi Mosque was heavily damaged from shelling and looting. Demographics In the statistica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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