Talk:Hadiya people

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With the outbreak of Imam Ahmad's jihad in 1529, the rulers of Hadiya and Bale identified with the cause of Islam and Adal, slaughtered the Christian garrisons in their midst, and sent their best troops to help in the invasion of the Christian kingdom. The southern frontiers were left unguarded, and the Oromo began to break in. Meanwhile, the Christian reconquest under Galawdewos devastated northern Hadiya, but failed to check the Oromo advance. Crushed between the upper and the nether millstone, Hadiya as a state ceased to exist. Of its very diverse population, some, including most of the Rift valley pastoralists, joined the Oromo, adopting both their language and their gada social organization, which was the basis of their military strength. The rest fled in all directions, but eventually resettled themselves in pockets along the western margin of the Rift valley and in the adjoining highlands.

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Removed from article for containing errors. Awaiting arguments at WP:ANI. Dawit S Gondaria (talk) 23:18, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

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This article combines the historical Muslim Hadiya population associated with the Hadiya kingdom of the 13th century with the modern Hadiya who are mainly followers of Protestantism. The modern Hadiya of Hadiya Zone who have adopted this name do not seem to be the same according to historians such as Ulrich. According to Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, [1] Hadiya Muslim state was historically 7 houses which include modern Muslim groups such as Wolane and Siltʼe as well a other Sidamic related groups like Halaba people. Magherbin (talk) 21:36, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Is there any reason to think that there was a notion of Hadiya as an ethnicity within the kingdom? The present-day people would seem to have retained the name from that time (and not adopted de novo), even if their precedessors probably were not its only subjects. The Alaba in turn are linguistically very close to the modern Hadiya, maybe close enough that the two plausibly might not have even split apart yet at the time (i.e. perhaps "Halaba" or "Alaba" is an older name of this division of the Sidamic-speaking people in general; this would depend a lot on the history of the Kambaata though who are still closer to the Alaba).

This at least seems like a good reason, however, to avoid terms such as "Hadiya proper" as currently appearing on the article for the sultanate. --Trɔpʏliʊm • blah 16:15, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Why did you add that line about connection to Harla being dismissed? Multiple historians state they are linked to Harla. Hadiya controlled the interior, all trade went through Harla, they were given economic and political support from Harla. Hassan dismisses the claim in favor of Hadiya being linked to Oromo mainly Karrayyu [2]. Ulrich didnt even state the Hadiya and Harla were the same people only that they were related, linguistically it wouldnt be possible however the state formation of Hadiya had alot to do with Harla's involvement. Hadiya elites were subordinates of a Harar state, this is why they have these traditions of Harar origin also a Harar population migration into Hadiya isnt out of the question. Magherbin (talk) 04:36, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

I added it following the actual source given.

Braukämper … connects Hadiya and Harla people, making them one people. But he does not substantiate this assertion with any concrete historical evidence. To all intents and purposes, the Hadiya and the Harla were separate people.

What you say here, if correct, also still only connects the Hadiya and Harla states and does not support the previous assertation that "Hadiya are believed to be descendants of the Harla". Believed by whom? Clearly not by Hassen and nothing suggests that any such thing is stated by Braukämper either. But perhaps you would have a source in mind here? --Trɔpʏliʊm • blah 13:42, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Something similarly weird is likewise going on with the current citation nine about Abadir as a forefather of the Hadiya ruling dynasty — it's also "sourced" to Hassen, but I see no mention in the work (either at page 99 or elsewhere) talking about any role of him in this. On the contrary, from p. 136 we have:

When the victorious Imam Ahmad [of Adal, perhaps ethnically Harla] reached Hadiya in 1531, […] the Hadiya chief cemented his tie with the imam by giving his daughter Muris as wife to Ahmad. Abdul-Nasir, the imam's famous general, also married the sister of a Hadiya chief, completing the marriage alliance between the ruling house of Hadiya and the jihadic leaders from Harar.

i.e. instead implying that before this there was no family relationship between the Hadiya rulers and the Harla. So where does the claim actually come from them, and why is Hassen cited here contrary to what he actually writes? (I note the section was added by you in 2020.) I am tempted to simply zap the passage for again clearly contradicting sources. --Trɔpʏliʊm • blah 13:58, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Its there read it again. Not sure how you missed this but here's the quote on p.99 "Abadir, the legendary founder of Harar, and an indigenous (Sidama) woman. This indicates that the Hadiyya ethnogenices [ethnogenesis; i.e. the birth or formation of Hadiya identity] probably took place in the Hararge region". Ulrich brings up Abadir and Hadiya in his article as well on p.11 [3]Based on my research its the state not the people who are linked to Harar plateau assuming the Harla. This is the view of the Hadiya historian known as Dr.Lapiso he wrote a book on this, the reference can be found on the Hadiya (historical region) article see ref #13. Magherbin (talk) 14:55, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

I don't think we are reading the same document. Not a single part of what you quote appears in Hassen p. 99 (which is instead in the middle of a discussion of the Oromo calendar!), or as far as I can tell anywhere else in it either. Is your source something other than, as is currently linked, "The Oromo of Ethiopia, 1500-1850"?

…Either way, on some looking up it seems to me that instead of worrying about these sources, this article would benefit from making use of Braukämper's 2012 book in much more detail, it seems like it is a good synthesis of questions that have been split across all sort of other research so far. --Trɔpʏliʊm • blah 23:48, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

The source linked is another work by Hassen titled "The Oromo and the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia: 1300-1700" p.99 [4] Magherbin (talk) 00:35, 14 March 2024 (UTC)