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Village in Ethiopia Village in Amhara, Ethiopia
Dana
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Dana is located in EthiopiaDanaDanaLocation with in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 11°49′0″N 39°46′12″E / 11.81667°N 39.77000°E / 11.81667; 39.77000
CountryEthiopia
RegionAmhara
ZoneNorth Wollo Zone
DistrictHabru
Elevation1,600 m (5,200 ft)
Time zoneGMT +3
Mosque in Dana

Dana (in Amharic: ዳና) is a village located 38 km away from Weldiya town in the district of Habru, North Wollo Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

It was one of the 19th century famous Islamic educations and sufi order centers in Wollo where prominent Islamic scholars such as Shaykh Daniy al-Awal, Shaykh Daniy al-Thani, and Shaykh Mohammed Zayn successively administered the center and taught many Muslim scholars. The center was founded by, Shaykh Ahmad b. Adam, commonly known as Daniyy al-Awwal, which implies the first Shaykh of Dana.

References

  1. Ahmed, Hussein (1988). "Introducing an Arabic hagiography from Wallo". Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies: 102.
  2. ^ Ahmed, Hussein (2001). Islam in Nineteenth-Century Wallo, Ethiopia: Revival, Reform and Reaction. Leiden. pp. 88, 90, 91.


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