Jama Nigus (in Amharic: ጀማንጉስ ) is a village located in Albukko district, South Wollo, Ethiopia , fifteen miles south of Kombolcha.
Jama Nigus | |
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Village | |
  Jama Nigus Location with in Ethiopia | |
| Coordinates: 10°49′10″N 39°40′54.1″E / 10.81944°N 39.681694°E | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Region | Amhara |
| Zone | South Wollo Zone |
| District | Albuko |
| Elevation | 2,580 m (8,460 ft) |
| Time zone | GMT+3 |
The Mosque in Jama Nigus was first founded by the militant scholar Shaykh Muhammad Shafi b. Asqari Muhammad in the last quarter of eighteenth century as a traditional Islamic education and Sufi-center.[1]
References
edit- ^ Ahmed, Hussein (2001). Islam in nineteenth century Wallo, Ethiopia : revival, reform and reaction. Brill. ISBN 9004119094. OCLC 237383821.
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