Bete Amhara

Bete Amhara was a region in Ethiopia that existed for centuries. It covered most of modern Ethiopia's south Wollo and small parts of north Wollo and Shewa zones. The state had 30 districts, including Ambassel, Melza, Laikueyta, Tatakuyeta, Akamba, Anbasit, Armonem, Atronsa Mariam, Genete-Giorigis, Feresbahir (most probably located in the northern part of Dessie, where there is a small lake called Feres Bahir or Bahir Shasho), Amba Gishen, Gishe Bere, Wasal, Wagada, Mecana-Selasse, Tabor, Tedbaba Mariam, Zoramba, Daje, Demah, Ephrata, and Ewarza.[1][2]

Jerome Lobo visited the state in the 16th centuries and stated that "the inhabitants of the kingdom of Amhara are the most civilized and polite people; and next to them are the natives of Tigre, or the true Abyssinian".[3]

References

  1. ↑ Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773, Third edition, 8 volumes; Ed., Alexander Murray; Edinburgh, 1813
  2. ↑ Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, August 1650, Venedig, Paris (1681 bis 1683)
  3. ↑ A Voyage to Abyssinia by Jerome Lobo, Library of Alexandria