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    The Oromo migrations were a series of expansions from the 16th to 17th centuries where the Oromo people migrated from southern to northern Ethiopia. This had major impacts on the Solomonic dynasty and the neighboring Adal Sultanate. By the late 17th century, the Oromo had established control over the Gibe region and formed political alliances with other groups in Ethiopia, including converting many to Islam, as a way to preserve their identity against assimilation.

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    The Oromo migrations were a series of expansions from the 16th to 17th centuries where the Oromo people migrated from southern to northern Ethiopia. This had major impacts on the Solomonic dynasty and the neighboring Adal Sultanate. By the late 17th century, the Oromo had established control over the Gibe region and formed political alliances with other groups in Ethiopia, including converting many to Islam, as a way to preserve their identity against assimilation.

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    The Oromo migrations were a series of expansions from the 16th to 17th centuries where the Oromo people migrated from southern to northern Ethiopia. This had major impacts on the Solomonic dynasty and the neighboring Adal Sultanate. By the late 17th century, the Oromo had established control over the Gibe region and formed political alliances with other groups in Ethiopia, including converting many to Islam, as a way to preserve their identity against assimilation.

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    Oromo migrations
    The Oromo migrations were a series of expansions in the 16th and 17th centuries by the Oromo
    people from southern areas of Ethiopia to more northern regions. The migrations had a severe
    impact on the Solomonic dynasty of Abyssinia, as well as an impact to the recently weakened Adal
    Sultanate. The migrations concluded in around 1710, when the Oromo conquered the kingdom
    of Ennarea in the Gibe region.[citation needed]
    In the 17th century, Ethiopian emperor Susenyos I relied on Oromo support to gain power, and
    married an Oromo woman. While initial relations between the Oromo and Amhara were cordial,
    conflict erupted after the emperor tried to convert the Oromo to Christianity.[52] Many Oromo entered
    in emperor Susenyos' domain in response.[52]
    In the 17th and 18th centuries, much of the Oromo people gradually underwent conversion to Islam,
    especially around Harar, Arsi and Bale. The Oromo Muslims regarded the Imam of Harar as their
    spiritual guide, while retaining some of their original culture and socio-political organisation. Scholars
    believe the Oromo converted to Islam as a means of preserving their identity and a bulwark against
    assimilation into Ethiopia.[52]
    By late 17th century, the Oromo had friendly relations with the Amharas. So when emperor Iyasu
    I tried to attack the Oromo, he was convinced by local Amharic rulers to back down. The Oromo also
    formed political coalitions with previously subdued people of Ethiopia, including the Sidama
    people and the locals of Ennarea, Gibe and Kingdom of Damot.

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