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The
Agame (
Tigrinya ዓጋመ
ʿāgāme,
Amharic ዓጋሜ
āgāmē, "fruitful") is a former province located in northern
Ethiopia, now part of the
Tigray Region. Its inhabitants include the
Irob people, a region where tradition states the legendary
Makeda (the
Queen of Sheba) was born and raised. The aristocratic house had its capital at
Adigrat.
Agame also includes
Zalambessa; a piece of land Ethiopia and Eritrea have recently
fought over.
History
Agame is one of the oldest regions of Ethiopia, being part of the
Kingdom of D'mt in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea that would develop into the
Kingdom of Aksum.It was a main center of Aksumite culture (second only to Western Tigray, where the capital was located), with a distinct sub-culture that separated the two regions from that of Western Tigray (
Shire,
Axum,
Yeha), Central Eritrea (
Seraye,
Hamasien, and
Adulis), and frontier areas in northern Eritrea. The first mention of Agame was in the
Monumentum Adulitanum of the early 3rd century, where it's listed as one of the districts conquered by the unnamed king of the inscription. During medieval times, Agame was part of a larger province of
Bur in Ethiopia, which also included some northeastern
Afar lowlands, and the
Buri peninsula; Agame and Akkele Guzay were part of "Upper" (La'ilay) Bur, while the lowlands were further distinguished as "Lower" (Tahtay).
The Agame dynasty
The local noble family had ruled over Agame from the "Era of Princes" until
Mengistu deposed Emperor
Haile Selassie in 1974. This family retained sufficient power and respect following the
Italian conquest in 1936, that the Italian
Viceroy Pietro Badoglio proposed in a telegram to
Mussolini that some of the old Ethiopian ruling class be co-opted into
Italian East Africa: "In the region between Shoa and Eritrea, there were local noble families which it wasn't convenient to slight because they'd exercised command for generations and have authority and prestige which can be valuable for us."
"Official" Ethiopian records traces the origins of this family to the marriage of King Margedir of Rome and Eleni, sister of
King Solomon. The current lineage of the rulers of Agame as as follows:
» Kumenit begot Woldu,
Woldu begot
Sabagadis,
» Sabagadis begot Aregawi,
Aregawi begot
Sebhat Aregawi,
» Sebhat begot (daughter) Bizu, (who married Desta)
Desta and Bizu, begot Atsbeha,
» Atsbeha begot
Buzunish.
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