Bahrey
Abba Bahrey (Ge'ez: ባሕርይ bāḥriy, "pearl") was a late 16th-century Ethiopian monk, historian, and ethnographer, from the southern region of Gamo.[1] He is best known for his 1593 work on the history of the Oromo and their migrations in the 16th century, the "History of the Galla" ("Galla" being a historical and now pejorative term for the Oromo; ዜናሁ ፡ ለጋላ zēnāhū lagāllā).[2] This short work is considered the ultimate source for information on the sixteenth century history of the Oromo: Manuel de Almeida borrowed heavily from Bahrey in writing his history of Ethiopia, and Hiob Ludolf derived much of his information on the Oromo from 's abridgment of Almeida's work.[3]
Bahrey may also have been the author of Emperor Sarsa Dengel's chronicle, "The History of King Sarsa Dengel."[4]
References[]
- ^ Maimire Mennasemay, " Abba Bahrey's Zenahu LeGalla: Towards an Ethiopian Critical Theory " International Journal of Ethiopian Studies Vol. 6, No. 1/2 (2012), pp. 1-28
- ^ English translation by C. F. Beckingham and G. W. B. Huntingford, Some Records of Ethiopia, 1593-1646 (London: Hakluyt Society, 1954).
- ^ Herbert S. Lewis, "The Origins of the Galla and Somali", Journal of African History, 7 (1966), p. 32 n. 14
- ^ Baxter, Paul T. W., "Baḥrəy" in Uhlig, Siegbert, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: A-C (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003), p. 446.
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