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| The '''Gurgura , Gorgorah''' or '''Gurgure''' ({{lang-so|''Gurgura'' }}, {{lang-ar|غرغرة}}) is a ] clan belonging to the larger and major ] clan family. They inhabit large portions of Zone 4 in Ethiopia, also known as the ], also in the ] and ] of Ethiopia. The identity of the Gurgura was contentious for the city of ] as they largely speak Affan Oromo, but trace their genealogy to ] ( A Major Somali clan family).<sup>]]</sup> | The '''Gurgura , Gorgorah''' or '''Gurgure''' ({{lang-so|''Gurgura'' }}, {{lang-ar|غرغرة}}) is a ] clan belonging to the larger and major ] clan family. They inhabit large portions of Zone 4 in Ethiopia, also known as the ], also in the ] and ] of Ethiopia. The identity of the Gurgura was contentious for the city of ] as they largely speak Affan Oromo, but trace their genealogy to ] ( A Major Somali clan family).<sup>]]</sup> | ||
| == History == | == History == | ||
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The Gurgura , Gorgorah or Gurgure (Template:Lang-so, Template:Lang-ar) is a Somali clan belonging to the larger and major Dir clan family. They inhabit large portions of Zone 4 in Ethiopia, also known as the Oromia region, also in the Somali region and Afar region of Ethiopia. The identity of the Gurgura was contentious for the city of Dire Dawa as they largely speak Affan Oromo, but trace their genealogy to Dir ( A Major Somali clan family).
History
Oromo political organizations sought to coerce the Gurgura people, who largely speak Oromiffa to identify themselves as Oromo, though they belong to the Dir clan family of the Somalis. Oromo political organizations claimed that ""the Gurgura people who speak Oromiffa belong to the Oromo nation and they only started to identify themselves with the Somali after the 1974 change of the Haile Selassie regime"" This is false since the Gurgura are mentioned in the Futuh Al Habasha : Conquest of Abyssinia as Somalis who fought along side Ahmed Gran or Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi with knights, spear-men and foot-soldiers and their leader Garād 'Abd. Thus making the identity of the Gurgura very contentious for the city of Dire Dawa as they largely speak Affan Oromo, but trace their genealogy to Dir ( A Major Somali clan family).
References
- Sindjoun, Luc (2010-01-01). The Coming African Hour: Dialectics of Opportunities and Constraints. African Books Collective. p. 210. ISBN 9780798302302.
- ʻArabfaqīh, Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Qādir (2003-01-01). The conquest of Abyssinia: 16th century. Tsehai Publishers & Distributors. pp. 120, 123 and 401.