Hadiya
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'Hadiya was a powerful vassal kingdom of Ethiopia, located in southwestern Ethiopia, south of the Abbay River and west of Shewa. It acquired its name from its inhabitants, the Hadiya.
The earliest surviving mention of Hadiya is in the Kebra Nagast (ch. 94), indicating that it was in existence by the 13th century.[1] Many Kings of the Ethiopian central government were married to women from Hadiya; the powerful Queen Eleni of Hadiya is one example.
Currently Hadiya is the name of a Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region. Most of the Hadiya people live within its boundaries.
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- ^ First identified by Enrico Cerulli, according to David Allen Hubbard, "The Literary Sources of the Kebra Nagast" (St. Andrews, 1954), p. 397 n. 71.
