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Ras alula negarit9/14/2023 ![]() ![]() Due to the assimilation of Yejju Oromos into the dominant Habesha culture beginning at the turn of the 19th century, the Yejju presently found in the Amhara Region overwhelmingly identify as Amharas. With the adoption of ethnic federalism in 1994 and the abolishment of the awrajja administrative structure, Yejju became divided between the districts of Habru, Woldiya town, and the mid-altitude portion of Guba Lafto. He was one of the most important leaders of the Ethiopian Empire forces during the 19th century. ![]() It was bordered by the Alewuha River to the north, separating it from Raya Qobbo awrajja, the Mille River to the south, separating it from Were Babu district, the Afar Depression to the east, and the highlands of Ambassel to the west. Ras Alula Engida (Ge'ez: ) (1827 15 February 1897 also known by his horse name Abba Nega and by Alula Qubi) was an Ethiopian general and politician who successfully led Ethiopian battles against Egypt, the Mahdist war and Italy. Īs early as 1890, under the reign of Menelik II, the homeland of the Yejju was organized into an Ethiopian province ( awrajja) named for them. It can be conclude that the Yejju are the results of various layers of people: the Amhara population of Angot, remnants of the forces of Ahmad Gragn, and the migrating Oromo. The ethnic makeup of the Yejju was complex. His descendants (the Yejju dynasty) dominated Ethiopia during the Zemene Mesafint period. According to the Yejju tradition Sheikh Omar was from Arabia who during the Adal war settled in Angot/yejju. ![]() The Yejju dynasty were known as the "Warra Sheik", meaning the descendant of Sheikh Omar. During the 16th century Oromo expansions, they were assimilated as a sub-clan of the Barento branch of Oromo people through "Meedhicca, Mogasa, and Gudifacha," adopting their language and becoming one of the northernmost communities of Oromo people residing in Ethiopia. Ras Alula Engida (Geez: ) (1827 15 February 1897 also known by his horse name Abba Nega and by Alula Qubi) was an Ethiopian general and politician who successfully led Ethiopian battles against Egypt, the Mahdist war and Italy. The Yeju or Yejju people, were the people inhabiting an Amhara district of the same name near a "Kewet," and were first mentioned in Shihab ad-Din's Futuḥ al-Ḥabash, which described a population of Christians in Yejju (Angot). ![]()
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