{{short description|Historical region of Ethiopia}}
'''Endagabatan''' (Amharic: እንደገብጠን) also known as '''Enda Gabtan''', '''Anda Gabtan''', or '''Endagabton''' was a historical province of Ethiopia. Located north west of the old Fatagar region, bounded by Mugar, Gudar as well as Abay rivers. The region is in modern west Shewa province.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hassan |first1=Mohammed |title=Oromo of Ethiopia |publisher=University of London |page=234 |url=https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29226/1/10731321.pdf}}</ref>
==History== In the 13th century it was under the Kingdom of Damot.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bouanga |first1=Ayda |title=Gold, Slaves, and Trading Routes in Southern Blue Nile (Abbay) Societies, Ethiopia, 13th–16th Centuries |publisher=Northeast African Studies |url=https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/msup/neas/article-abstract/17/2/31/175909/Gold-Slaves-and-Trading-Routes-in-Southern-Blue?redirectedFrom=fulltext}}</ref> The region was likely under Ethiopian Christian control during Emperor Amda Seyon by the 14th century however it was contested by the Muslim Ifat Sultanate's Sabr ad-Din I. The region's inhabitants were mostly the now extinct Gafat people. Endagabatan was invaded by the Adal Sultanate under Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi in the middle of the sixteenth century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pankhrst |first1=Richard |last2=Faqih |first2=Arab |title=The Conquest of Abyssinia 16th Century |publisher=Tsehai Publishers & Distributors |page=243 |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Conquest_of_Abyssinia/YgIwAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=futuh+al+habasha&dq=futuh+al+habasha&printsec=frontcover}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Braukämper |first1=Ulrich |title=Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia Collected Essays |publisher=Lit |page=21}}</ref> In 1563 the region was also the site of a rebellion led by Emperor Sarsa Dengel's cousin Hamalmal which is known as the Battle of Endagabatan. Modern day Endagabatan was incorporated into Shewa province in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite book |title=Endagabatan |publisher=Encyclopedia Aethiopica |url=https://en.sewasew.com/p/e-nda-ga-bta-n-(%E1%8A%A5%E1%8A%95%E1%8B%B0-%E1%8C%88%E1%89%A5%E1%8C%A0%E1%8A%95)}}</ref>
==See also== *History of Ethiopia
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Medieval Horn of Africa}} {{Ethiopia topics|state=collapsed}}
Category:Former provinces of Ethiopia