Abba Gomol

Abba Gomol
Moti
King of the Kingdom of Jimma
Reign1862–1878
PredecessorAbba Bok'a
SuccessorAbba Jifar II
DynastyKingdom of Jimma

Moti Abba Gomol was King of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma (reigned 1862–1878).

Reign

Abba Gomol was the son of Abba Bok'a and a woman from the Busase family of the Kingdom of Kaffa.

His major achievement was conquering the Kingdom of Garo, which became the southeast portion of the Kingdom of Jimma.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Herbert S. Lewis, A Galla Monarchy: Jimma Abba Jifar, Ethiopia (Madison, Wisconsin, 1965), pp. 43f.


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