Halaba people

The Halaba people (alternate spellings Allaaba or Alaba) also called K’abeena are an ethnic group inhabiting the central Ethiopian highlands.[1] Halaba are believed to be a subclan of the Hadiyya.[2] The Halaba claim to originate from the Arab cleric, Abadir who settled in Harar.[3] They are mostly Muslims but there are also some Christians. A map of the region from 1628 shows a Kingdom of Alaba.[4] They speak Alaba-Kʼabeena a member of the Highland East Cushitic language within the Afroasiatic family.

References

"Halaba in Ethiopia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
Braukämper, Ulrich (2012). A history of the Hadiyya in Southern Ethiopia. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 9783447068048.
"Ethno history of the Halaba people" (PDF). southtouristmeth. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
David H. Shinn, Thomas P. Ofcansky. Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia. Scarecrow Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780810874572.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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[1] "Halaba in Ethiopia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 16 July 2017.

[Braukämper2012-2] Braukämper, Ulrich (2012). A history of the Hadiyya in Southern Ethiopia. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 9783447068048.

[3] "Ethno history of the Halaba people" (PDF). southtouristmeth. Retrieved 16 July 2017.

[4] David H. Shinn, Thomas P. Ofcansky. Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia. Scarecrow Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780810874572.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)