Aze was the
Garad
Garad ( Harari: ገራድ, , , Oromo: ''Garaada'') is a term used to refer to a king, Sultan or regional administrator. It was used primarily by Muslims in the Horn of Africa that were associated with Islamic states, most notably the Adal Sultanat ...
(chief) of the
Hadiya seven houses which consisted of
Siltʼe,
Wolane
The Wolane people are an ethnic group in central ethiopian Ethiopia. Wolane people speak a Semitic language which is closely related to Sil'te, Zay and Harari languages.
History
Tradition states some of the Wolane people's ancestors were Ka ...
, Ulbarag, Azernet, Barbare, Wuriro, and Gadabano, speakers of Semitic
Harari language
Harari is an Ethio-Semitic language spoken by the Harari people of Ethiopia. Old Harari is a literary language of the city of Harar, a central hub of Islam in the Horn of Africa. According to the 2007 Ethiopian census, it is spoken by 25,810 pe ...
. He was de facto ruler of the
Hadiya state.
Militant career
During the reign of Emperor
Sarsa Dengel
Sarsa Dengel ( ; 1550 – 4 October 1597), also known as Sarsa the Great, was Emperor of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. His throne name was throne name Malak Sagad I (መለክ ሰገድ ). He is considered one of the greatest w ...
of
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
, Aze initiated a revolt after killing the Abyssinian administrator Rom Sagad in Hadiya which led to his defeat at the
Battle of Hadiya
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force c ...
in 1569.
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16th-century Ethiopian people