The Wargar ( Harari: ወርጋር) also spelled as Wergar were a clan inhabiting the Adal region, [1] first mentioned in the fourteenth century chronicles of Emperor Amda Seyon I of Ethiopia as allies of Imam Salih. [2]
In the sixteenth century, the overlord of Zeila Abogn Wargar, accompanied Adal leader Ahmed ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi during the Ethiopian-Adal War. [3] [4]
Wargar is described as a Harla sub clan within the Harari people. [5] According to Harari tradition, it was then that, to defend themselves, seven clans of the neighbouring villages united against a common adversary, including Wargar, to form a Harar city-state. [6]
The Wargar ( Harari: ወርጋር) also spelled as Wergar were a clan inhabiting the Adal region, [1] first mentioned in the fourteenth century chronicles of Emperor Amda Seyon I of Ethiopia as allies of Imam Salih. [2]
In the sixteenth century, the overlord of Zeila Abogn Wargar, accompanied Adal leader Ahmed ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi during the Ethiopian-Adal War. [3] [4]
Wargar is described as a Harla sub clan within the Harari people. [5] According to Harari tradition, it was then that, to defend themselves, seven clans of the neighbouring villages united against a common adversary, including Wargar, to form a Harar city-state. [6]