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Aw (sometimes spelled Au)[1][2] is an honorific title in the Somali and Harari language.[3][4][5] It is used widely and most commonly in the Somali territories.[6] During his research in the ancient town of Amud, the historian G.W.B. Huntingford noticed that whenever an old site had the prefix Aw in its name (such as the ruins of Awbare and Awbube),[4] it denoted the final resting place of a local saint.[7] It commonly designates a father, respected elder or saint in Somali and Harari languages.[8][9][10] Most notably applied to the founder of Harar Aw Abadir.[11] According to the Somali Geledi clan, the appellation Aw is used amongst them however more devoutly between those of Habasha descent and patricians.[12] Sorcerers among the Arsi Oromo are known as Awan Shan which is derived from the title Aw.[13]

People with the title include:

  • Aw Barkhadle, saint
  • Aw Abdal, saint
  • Aw Ali Hamdogn, saint and scholar
  • Aw Umar Ziad, saint
  • Aw Seid, saint

Further reading

  • Emile Foucher, Names of Mussulmans venerated in Harrar and its Surroundings A List. Harrassowitz Verlag, 1988

References

  1. ^ Cerulli, Enrico. Islam yesterday and today. p. 389.
  2. ^ Wagner, Ewald (1973). "Eine Liste der Heiligen von Harar". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. 123 (2). Harrassowitz Verlag: 273. JSTOR 43370590.
  3. ^ Adam, Hussein (1992). The Proceedings of the First International Congress of Somali Studies. Scholars press. p. 157. ISBN 9780891306580.
  4. ^ a b Lewis (1998:90)
  5. ^ Lindahl, Bernhard. Local history of Ethiopia (PDF). Nordic Africa Institute. p. 14.
  6. ^ IFLA Committee on Cataloguing; IFLA International Office for UBC.; IFLA International Programme for UBC.; IFLA UBCIM Programme (1987). International cataloguing: quarterly bulletin of the IFLA Committee on Cataloguing, Volume 11. The Committee. p. 24.
  7. ^ G.W.B. Huntingford, "The Town of Amud, Somalia", Azania, 13 (1978), p. 184
  8. ^ Ben-Dror, Avishai (23 August 2018). Emirate, Egyptian, Ethiopian Colonial Experiences in Late Nineteenth-Century Harar. Syracuse University press. p. 15. ISBN 9780815654315.
  9. ^ Transactions of the Somali Academy of Sciences and Arts Volume 1 page 164
  10. ^ Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara page 47
  11. ^ Bausi, Alessandro. Aw. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
  12. ^ Lattin, David (May 1977). Politics, Language, and Thought The Somali Experience. University of Chicago Press. p. 195. ISBN 9780226467917.
  13. ^ Braukamper, Ulrich (2002). Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia. Lit. p. 161. ISBN 9783825856717.

Sources

  • Lewis, I. M. (1998). Saints and Somalis : popular Islam in a clan-based society. Lawrenceville, N.J.: Red Sea Press. ISBN 9781569021033.


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