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Family and property amongst the Amhara nobility
Journal of African history • 24 • Published In 1983 • Pages: 207-220
By: Crummey, Donald.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is a historical study of family succession among the Amhara nobility of Abyssinia. Practicing ambilineal descent and partible inheritance, both which tend to dissipate wealth across the generations, the nobility kept their estates intact through the institution of the ALAQENAT. The ALAQENAT privileged one sibling by designating him or her the head of the family and caretaker of its public and private interests. The ALAQENAT was an object of much litigation among heirs, nevertheless it allowed the nobility to maintain wealth and dominance within Amhara society from one generation to the next.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Inheritance
- Classes
- Mode of marriage
- Household
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Amhara
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1996
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Unknown
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1700s-1850s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ethiopia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Donald Crummey
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63005723
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Amhara (African people)