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HYohannes's avatar

Good article, however, there is scant evidence of Horses existing during the Aksumite Empire. For example, in the Arabic version of the Martyrdom of Arethas (Alessandro Gori: Tradizioni orientali del «Martirio di Areta», pg 33), it mentions that Emperor Kaleb had "Armed Horses", which were stationed in Himyar after his conquest.

"...Allasbās, king of Abyssinia, after defeating the accursed one, returned to the land of his kingdom. He placed armed horses and a commander among them in the land of Saba."

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A very thorough overview of the history of the horse in Ethiopia!

I wrote a short memoir, A Gallop in Ethiopia, centred mostly on the contemporary but also touching on the history of equines in the country. One remarkable feature in Ethiopia was the importance of mules as well.

Yves-Marie Stranger

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