Abba Magal () was a leader of the Diggo
Oromo, and the father of
Abba Jifar I.
Previously, the Diggo, based in the area of Mana, had conquered the nearby town of
Hirmata that was home to the Lalo people. This victory gave Abba Magal enough wealth to compete with the dominant Oromo clan in Jimma, the Badi of
Saqqa. With the help of his four sons, he began a series of wars that led to the formation of the
Gibe Kingdom of Jimma
The Kingdom of Jimma ( om, Mootummaa Jimmaa) was an Oromo kingdom in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in the 18th century. It shared its western border with Limmu-Ennarea, its eastern border with the Sidamo Kingdom of Janjero, and w ...
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[Herbert S. Lewis, ''A Galla Monarchy: Jimma Abba Jifar, Ethiopia'' (Madison, Wisconsin, 1965), p. 39.]
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Kings of Gibe
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