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Āw-Barre, also known as Teferi Ber,〔Teferi Ber is the name used by the Central Statistical Agency in its (''Agricultural Sample Enumeration 2001-2002 (1994 E.C.): Report on Area and Production - Somali Region'' )〕 is a town in eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Jijiga Zone of the Somali Region, near the Somali border on the main trade route between Jijiga and the sea. It is the administrative center of Aw-Barre woreda. It was one of the biggest towns of the Adal Empire.〔(), (accessed 25 December 2010)〕 It is also known as The Gate of Fear, hence the name Teferi Ber. According to Ethiopian Christian folklore, this town was the only gateway that has caused fear for the Ethiopian Christian Kingdom.〔(Magaaladda Aw-Barre ), source in Somali (accessed 12 October 2010)〕 The main trade route between Jijiga and the sea passes through Āwuberē; an ancient route to Zeila almost always went through Aw-Barre. In 1962 it was described as a dry weather road. The Ethiopian News Agency reported in early 1998 that much khat was illegally smuggled out of Ethiopia by this route.〔("Local History in Ethiopia, Tefaw Lezer - Teru" ) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 20 March 2009)〕 When emperor Haile Selassie inspected the Western Somalia in 1935 prior to the outbreak of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Haile Selassie made a secret two-day excursion to Āwuberē.〔 The Italian ''Giuda'' described Āw-Barrē in 1938 as a Somali village with about 1,000 inhabitants, whose houses were partly built of masonry, and possessing a mosque; a little to the west of the village was the tomb of Shek Barek.〔("Local History in Ethiopia, Asta Dega - Azzazzo" ) The Nordic Africa Institute website (accessed 20 November 2007)〕 ==History== Aw-Barre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Ethiopia, unofficially known as Teferi Ber 〔 which in Amharic denotes the name of Ras Tafari Makonnen's (Ge'ez ) Gate of Fear, the only threat for the Abyssinian Christian Empire during the peak of power for the Muslim State of Adal.〔 Aw-Barre was one of the biggest cities of the former Adal Empire. It is the final resting place of Sheikh Aw-Barre whose tomb is located west of the town.〔 It was also the first town that was settled by Sheikh Abadir Omar Al-Rida ibn Muhammad ibn Shamsadin Al-Bakri Al-Siddiqi, who is the common ancestor of all Siddiqi families of the Horn of Africa.〔() "The Siddiquis in the Horn of Africa"] Shaikh Siddiqui Website (accessed 20 December 2010)〕 According to Siddiqi tradition, the Sheikh came from Yemen and settled in Aw-Barre, on the border of Ethiopia and Somalia. Here, he gave birth to his six sons, whom the Siddiqis regard as their fathers. Known as the Qallu, Siddiqis in the region speak various Afro-Asiatic languages, including Oromo, Harari and Somali. They are known in Ethiopia as the Qallu and in Somalia as the Sheekhaal or Aw-Qutub.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Āwuberē」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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