Hargaya

Location of Hargaya state in the middle ages

Hargaya (Harari: ሀርጋየ Härgayä) was a historical Muslim state in present-day eastern Ethiopia.[1][2] It was located east of the Awash River on the Harar plateau in Adal alongside Gidaya and Hubat states.[3][4][5] It neighbored other polities in the medieval era including Ifat, Fedis, Mora, Biqulzar and Kwelgora.[6]

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  3. ^ Braukamper, Ulrich (2002). Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia. Lit. p. 33. ISBN 9783825856717.
  4. ^ Tamrat, Tadesse. Church and state (PDF). University of London. p. 238.
  5. ^ Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century. University of California Press. p. 711.
  6. ^ Hirsch, Bertrand (2020). "Le récit des guerres du roi ʿAmda Ṣeyon contre les sultanats islamiques, fiction épique du XVe siècle". Médiévales (79): 107. JSTOR 27092794.