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Abba Gomol
"Moti" Abba Gomol was a King of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma (r. 1862–1878).
Reign.
Abba Gomol was the son of Abba Bok'a and a woman from the Busase family of the Kingdom of Kaffa.
His major achievement was conquering the Kingdom of Garo, which became the southeast portion of the Kingdom of Jimma.
King Abba Gomol, the ancient Kingdom of Garo was conquered and annexed into Jimma. King Gomol settled wealthy men from his kingdom in the former state. He also brought important men from Garo to live at Jiren, thus integrating the two polities.
It was shortly after his son Abba Jifar II assumed the throne that the power of the "neguses" of Shewa began to reach into the Gibe region for the first time in centuries. As Lewis notes, "Borrelli, Franzoj and other travellers accorded him little hope of