''Moti'' Abba Bok'a was
King
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of the
Gibe Kingdom of Jimma
The Kingdom of Jimma () was an Oromo Muslim 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 was separated f ...
(reigned 1859–1862). He was the son of
Abba Magal, and brother of
Abba Jifar I.
Reign
Because the son of his nephew, Moti
Abba Rebu, was an infant when he was killed, Abba Bok'a was made King. A devout believer unlike his predecessors, he advocated
Islam
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in Jimma, building many
mosque
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Originally, mosques were si ...
s and sending educated
Muslim
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s to proselytize and teach in his provinces.
Abba Bok'a was very old at the time he became King, and died from natural causes.
[Herbert S. Lewis, ''A Galla Monarchy: Jimma Abba Jifar, Ethiopia'' (Madison, Wisconsin, 1965), p. 43]
References
Year of birth unknown
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19th-century monarchs in Africa
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