Akhadom is traditionally said to have been an ancestral father, to whom most notables and chiefs of

Agame Agame () is a Provinces of Ethiopia, province in northern Ethiopia. It includes the northeastern corner of Tigray Region, Tigray, borders the Eritrean province of Akele Guzai in the north, Tembien Province, Tembien, Kilte Awulaelo, Kalatta Awlalo ...

trace their pedigrees. Some of the ruling groups from other regions of Tigray also claim descent from him.

Biography

Akhadom is considered to be the founder of the local dynasty of the ''shum Agame''. Tembien, Mekonni or even Seqota are mentioned as his possible place of origin. He is said to have marched into Agame and defeated the earlier local ruler Kendashih, the descendant of the Summe, the ancestral father of the Irob. The ''shum Agame'' soon dominated the core area of Agame, near modern

Adigrat Adigrat ( , ''ʿaddigrat'', also called ʿAddi Grat) is a city and separate Districts of Ethiopia, woreda in Tigray Region of Ethiopia. It is located in the Misraqawi Zone at longitude and latitude , with an elevation of above sea level and below ...

. Akhadom's residence (''maqmat mekonnen'', "residence of the ruler) is said to have been situated somewhere in the area to the west of Adigrat. Tradition places Akhadom 19 generations ago (with one generation ranging between 25-30 years), around 1425 AD. There is indeed a record of a certain Akhadom, precisely in the reign of ''atse'' Dawit II. While Dawit II was gaining control over the

Beta Israel Beta Israel, or Ethiopian Jews, is a Jewish group originating from the territory of the Amhara Region, Amhara and Tigray Region, Tigray regions in northern Ethiopia, where they are spread out across more than 500 small villages over a wide ter ...

country, west of the Tekeze, his troops were on one occasion overpowered by Beta Israel resistance. The Emperor had sent fresh auxiliaries to them under the command of Akhadom, governor of

Tigray The Tigray Region (or simply Tigray; officially the Tigray National Regional State) is the northernmost Regions of Ethiopia, regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray Region is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob people, Irob and Kunama people. I ...

. His expedition was successful.{{Cite journal, last=Abbink, first=Jon, date=1990, title=The Enigma of Beta Esra'el Ethnogenesis. An Anthro-Historical Study (L'énigme de l'ethnogenèse des Beta Esra'el: une étude ethno-historique), journal=Cahiers d'Études Africaines, volume=30, issue=120 , pages=431, doi=10.3406/cea.1990.1592 , jstor=4392294, hdl=1887/9021 , hdl-access=free

References

People from Tigray Region Adigrat Ethiopian nobility