Shonke

Shonke
Shonke
Village
	Shonke Location with in Ethiopia
	Coordinates: 10°37′5″N 39°58′23″E / 10.61806°N 39.97306°E
Country	Ethiopia
Region	Amhara
Zone	Oromiya Zone
District	Dawa Chefa
Elevation	1,600 m (5,200 ft)
Time zone	GMT +3

Shonke (Amharic: ሾንኬ) is an Argobba village located some 23 km away from Kemise town, in Jirota kebele, in the current administrative district of Dawa Chefe, Oromia Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia. The village was part of former Chefe Golana Dewerahmedo Wereda of the same Zone and was also part of southeast Wollo Province, in the Pre-1992's administrative division.

It was one of the 19th century Islamic education and sufi-order centers where notable sufi saint-scholars like Shaykh Jawhar b. Haydar b. ‘Ali (c. 1837–1937) were permanently settled and taught many Muslim scholars .^[1]

References

^ Ahmed, Hussein (2004). "Shaykh Jawhar b. Haydar b. ʽAlī: A mystic and scholar of Shonkē, southeast Wallo, Ethiopia". Annales d'Ethiopie. 20 (1): 47–56. doi:10.3406/ethio.2004.1069. ISSN 0066-2127.

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[1] Ahmed, Hussein (2004). "Shaykh Jawhar b. Haydar b. ʽAlī: A mystic and scholar of Shonkē, southeast Wallo, Ethiopia". Annales d'Ethiopie. 20 (1): 47–56. doi:10.3406/ethio.2004.1069. ISSN 0066-2127.

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