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All About Jimma
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Jimma was one and the strongest of the five autonomous Gibe kingdoms of the Oromo people under the leadership of Abba Jifar Abba Gomal, best known as king Abba Jifar also known by his Islamic name (Sultan Muhammad Dawud Ibn Ibrahim) of Jimma
Intangable Heritage
Towards the end of 1860’s king Abba Jifar built his palace at Jiren which coated him 400 kg.of gold and 65,000 Maria Theresa and still stands with colorful architectural beauty. In the compound of the palace still stand other four buildings: the public mosque, the mosque of Abba Jifar, residential palace of Abba Jifar and residential building of Abba Jobir Abba Dula (the grandson of Abba Jifar
king Abba Jifar
Abba Jifar was also the first king of Jimma to embrace Islam, owing his conversion in 1830 to Abdul Hakim, a trader from Gondar. Lewis notes that as of 1960, Abdul Hakim’s tomb in Jiren was still a venerated site.
He has extended family/ polygamous).It may be a separate family or a part of a larger family (extended or polygamous). Extended family widely use in traditional societies. It is important for economic production.His marriage types called polygyny –which means that he married More than one women. He has eight boys and six girls, total fourteen /14 children.