Abul Kasim (mountain)

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Abul Kasim is a mountain in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region, in Seru woreda, this mountain has a latitude and longitude of 07°31′N, 40°29′E with an elevation of 2573 meters above sea level.

Although this mountain has great importance to Oromo cultural and religious tradition as the home of the Abba Muda, it is also important as the location of the tomb of a descendant of the Muslim saint Sheikh Hussein, and is the object of an annual pilgrimage.[1] Trimingham describes the tomb as "covered with glass beads and ornaments of copper and brass. Similar ornament are to be seen on some trees in the forest, and no visitors would dare touch these holy objects."[2]

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  1. ^ "Local History in Ethiopia" (pdf) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 2 January 2008)
  2. ^ J. Spencer Trimingham, Islam in Ethiopia (Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege for the University Press, 1952), p. 255.
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