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Kabir (teacher)

Harari title and teacher From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Kabir (Harari: ከቢር) (sometimes spelled kabeer) is an honorific title in the Harari language.[1] It commonly designates a Muslim scholar or a teacher.[2] Enrico Cerulli states the term is of Ethiopian Semitic origin.[3]

History

According to sixteenth century Adal writer Arab Faqīh, the companions of the leaders of Adal Sultanate; Abun Adashe and Ahmed ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi were stated to be Kabirs.[4] A son of a Kabir named Abbas briefly ruled the Imamate of Aussa in 1585.[5] According to the Afar locals in Afambo a Harari Muslim scholar by the name Kabir Hamza arrived into the region, and introduced Hanafi legal school into Aussa his descendants today are known as "Kabirtu" and identify as Harla.[6][7] Kabirtu in Afar trace their lineage to the Walasma dynasty.[8] Kabir Hamza Mahmud al-Awsiyyi a Harla clan affiliate was known as the scholar of Aussa.[9]

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