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{{short description|Secondary royal title of the Ethiopian Empire nobles}}

A horse name is a secondary noble title or a popular name for members of Ethiopian royalty; in some cases the "horse names" are the only name known for a ruler. They take the form of "father of X", where "X" is the name of the person's warhorse. According to Mahtama Sellase "They were given to a man for “his good administration, judgment and council in times of peace and his bravery and strategy in times of war”Mahtama-Sellase Walda-Masqal. “A Study of the Ethiopian Culture of Horse-Names.” Journal of Ethiopian. Studies vo. 7, no. 2. July 1969, p. 195 The first named horse in the region's history was that of Amda Seyon I in his royal chronicle "The Glorious Victories." This would set the groundwork for the Horse name in Pre-Modern EthiopiaPankhrust, R. (1989). The Early History of Ethiopian Horse-Names. Paideuma Bd, 35, 197–206. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40733033

Some known horse names of Ethiopian nobility include:

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|+ List of Horse names

NameTitleHorse NameLiteral/Synonymous meaningNoteSources
Alula EngidaRasAbba NegaFather of dawnAlula Aba Nega Airport is named after him and his horsename.
Balcha SafoDejazmachAbba NefsoFather of the Soul
Bashah AboyeDejazmachAbba DäffarFather of audacity{{cite book |editor-last1=Uhlig |editor-first1=Siegbert |editor-last2=Bausi |editor-first2=Alessandro |editor-last3=Yimam |editor-first3=Baye |editor-last4=Crummey |editor-first4=Donald |editor-last5=Goldenberg |editor-first5=Gideon |date=2003 |title=Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: A-C |publisher=Harrassowitz |location=Wiesbaden |pages=492–493 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-dJyAAAAMAAJ&dq=encyclopedia+aethiopica+a-c&pg=PR17 |access-date= |isbn=9783447047463 |issn= |oclc=722894586 }}
Belay ZelekeDejazmachAbba KosterFather of SharpshooterGetie Gelaye. 2005. Amharic Praise Poems of Däğğazmač Bälay Zälläqä and the Patriots of Goğğam during the Italian Occupation of Ethiopia, 1936–1941. In Sigmund Uhlig, (ed.). Proceedings of the 15th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies in Hamburg, p. 587-597. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Darge Sahle SelassieRasAbba Gersa{{refn|group=note|also spelled as Abba Girsha}}Father of Recurring Impediment (i.e. impeding the enemy).{{cite book |editor-last1=Uhlig |editor-first1=Siegbert |editor-last2=Bausi |editor-first2=Alessandro |editor-last3=Yimam |editor-first3=Baye |date=2003 |title=Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: D-Ha |publisher=Harrassowitz |location=Wiesbaden |pages=102–103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oFhyAAAAMAAJ |access-date= |isbn=9783447052382 |issn= |oclc= }}
GarmameDejazmachAbba Mala{{cite journal |last=TAFLA |first=BAIRU |date=1969 |title=Four Ethiopian Biographies: Däjjazmač Gärmamé, Däjjazmač Gäbrä-Egzi'abehér Moroda, Däjjazmač Balča and Käntiba Gäbru Dästa |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41965786 |journal=Journal of Ethiopian Studies |volume=7 |issue=2 |publisher=Institute of Ethiopian Studies |pages=1–10 |doi= |jstor=41965786 |access-date=}}
Habte Giyorgis DinagdeFitawrariAbba MechalFather of Tolerance
Haile Maryam GebreDejazmachAbba DammanaFather of the Cloud{{cite book |last=Pearce |first=Nathaniel |author-link= |date=2014 |title=The Life and Adventures of Nathaniel Pearce: Written by Himself, during a Residence in Abyssinia from the Years 1810–1819; Together with Mr Coffin's Account of his First Visit to Gondar |volume=2 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/life-and-adventures-of-nathaniel-pearce/B588D019F69C57EF7089B9FDF1F3B032 |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=193 |chapter=XVII |isbn=9781107450585}}
Lul SegedRasAbba Balay
Menelik IIEmperor of EthiopiaAbba DagnewFather of Justice{{cite book |last=Berhane-Selassie |first=Tsehai |author-link= |date=2018 |title=Ethiopian Warriorhood: Defence, Land and Society 1800-1941 |chapter=6 - Military Training in Sports, Horsemanship and Hunting |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/2F0CDD805DD1FC9CC2439F0040A6E315/9781787443419c6_p145-174_CBO.pdf/military_training_in_sports_horsemanship_and_hunting.pdf |location= |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |page=154-160 |isbn=9781787443419}}
Sabagadis WolduDejazmachAbba Garay{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia Aethiopica|publisher=Harrassowitz Verlag|year=2010|isbn=978-3-447-06246-6|location=Wiesbaden|pages=430–431}}
Tekle HaymanotNegus of GojjamAbba Tanna{{cite journal |last1=TAFLA |first1=BAIRU |date=1973 |title=Two of the Last Provincial Kings of Ethiopia |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41988566 |journal=Journal of Ethiopian Studies |volume=11 |issue=1 |publisher=Institute of Ethiopian Studies |pages=29–49 |doi= |jstor= 41988566 |access-date=}}
Tessema NadewRas BitwodedAbba Qamaw{{cite book |last1=Akyeampong |first1=Emmanuel Kwaku |author-link1= |last2=Gates |first2=Henry Louis |author-link2= |date=2012 |title=Dictionary of African biography vol 1-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA5-PA3 |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=3-4 |isbn=9780195382075}}
Tewodros IIEmperor of EthiopiaAbba TatekFather of readiness (of arms)
Welde Giyorgis AboyeNegus of GondarAbba Saggad{{refn|group=note|also spelled as Abba Segud}}Father of Commandeering{{cite journal |last1=TAFLA |first1=BAIRU |date=1973 |title=Two of the Last Provincial Kings of Ethiopia |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41988566 |journal=Journal of Ethiopian Studies |volume=11 |issue=1 |publisher=Institute of Ethiopian Studies |pages=50–55 |doi= |jstor= 41988566 |access-date=}}
Yohannes IVEmperor of EthiopiaAbba BezibizFather of Plunder

Bibliography

  • Girma, Hewan. "Amharic Names, Naming Ceremonies and Memory." In Naming Africans: On the Epistemic Value of Names, pp. 37-59. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2023.
  • Mehari, Krista. 2007. Throne names, pen names, horse names, and field names: A look at the significance of name change in the Ethiopian political sphere. [http://digitalcollections.sit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1190&context=isp_collection&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Furl%3Fsa%3Dt%26rct%3Dj%26q%3Djournal%2520of%2520ethiopian%2520studies%2520%2522horse%2520names%2522%26source%3Dweb%26cd%3D1%26ved%3D0CCEQFjAA%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fdigitalcollections.sit.edu%252Fcgi%252Fviewcontent.cgi%253Farticle%253D1190%2526context%253Disp_collection%26ei%3DGqdHT--kMeOn4gSk37jYDg%26usg%3DAFQjCNHod3f27w58U8Bwq5ugxzXGz0Cc_g#search=%22journal%20ethiopian%20studies%20horse%20names%22]
  • Pankhurst, Richard. 1989. The Early History of Ethiopian Horse-Names. Paideuma 35, pp. 197–206.
  • Mahatama-Sellasie Walda-Masqal. 1969. A Study of the Ethiopian Culture of Horse Names. Journal of Ethiopian Studies Vol. 7, No. 2, pp

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