(inshallah.org) 365 Tidbits about Islam in Ethiopia - 28-04-14 In 1288, the empirate of Mora came under control of Yifat, while others such as Waj, Fatagar, Ganz, Hadiyya, Sharka, Arababni, and Dawaro came under Ethiopian control. Some of these emirates were able to establish a paramount position for some time, and then led the resistance against Ethiopian imperial raids, but none of these emirates survived more than one or two hundred years. - Muslim Societies in Africa: A Historical Anthropology By Roman Loimeier (Photo: Wikipedia: Lalibela is said to have seen Jerusalem and then attempted to build a new Jerusalem as his capital in response to the capture of old Jerusalem by Muslims in 1187. As such, many features have Biblical names – even the towns river is known as the River Jordan. It remained the capital of Ethiopia from the late 12th century and into the 13th century.)
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