Abba Gomol

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Abba Gomol
King of the Kingdom of Jimma
Reign1862–1878
PredecessorAbba Bok'a
SuccessorAbba Jifar II
Names
Moti Abba Gomol
DynastyKingdom of Jimma

Moti Abba Gomol was a King of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma (r. 1862–1878).

Reign

Abba Gomol was the son of Abba Bok'a and a woman from the Busase family of the Kingdom of Kaffa.

His major achievement was conquering the Kingdom of Garo, which became the southeast portion of the Kingdom of Jimma.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Herbert S. Lewis, A Galla Monarchy: Jimma Abba Jifar, Ethiopia (Madison, Wisconsin, 1965), pp. 43f.
Preceded by Kingdom of Jimma Succeeded by