The Bashilo River (less often known as the Beshitta ) is located in Ethiopia . Known for its canyon, which one source describes as almost as extensive as the canyon of its parent the Abay , also known as the Blue Nile , the river originates just west of Kutaber in the Amhara Region . Flowing first in a northwesterly direction to where the Tergiya empties into it, it then heads southwest to its confluence with the Abay. Its drainage area is about 13,242 square kilometres in size, covering portions of the Semien Gondar , Semien Wollo and Debub Wollo Zones . Its tributaries include the Checheho , and the Walano.
5-486: The Bashilo was also important for defining the boundaries of Ethiopian provinces. In the 17th century, it separated Begemder from Amhara . By the late 18th century, it had become the northern boundary of Shewa , as illustrated by the refusal of Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I to cross the Bashilo because they would enter that province. The river remained the northern boundary of Shewa as late as 1870 by Negus Menelik of Shewa in
10-457: A kingdom, he included it as a subdivision of his empire. Kanfat in southern Begemder was briefly governed by Abubaker Qecchin of Adal in the sixteenth century. The Guzara royal castle; built by Emperor Minas in 1560 in Enfraz, Begemder (60 km (37 mi) east of Gonder) as a site of royal residence and camp a century before Emperor Fasilides founded and built the castles of Gondar . During
15-551: A letter to G.R. Goodfellow. This article about a location in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Ethiopia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Begemder Begemder ( Amharic : በጌምድር ; also known as Gondar or Gonder ) was a province in northwest Ethiopia . The alternative names come from its capital during
20-603: The 20th century, Gondar . A plausible source for the name Bega is that the word means "dry" in the local language, while another possible interpretation could be "sheep," where rearing of sheep is beg in Amharic . Thus, Begemder likely refers to "land that rears sheep" or "the dry area." Another etymology is that the first two syllables come from the Ge'ez language baggi` for sheep ( Amharic : beg medir ) "Land of Sheep." Beckingham and Huntingford note that Begemder originally applied to
25-501: The country east of Lake Tana , where water is scarce, and concluded, "The allusion to the lack of water suggests Amharic baga , "dry season," as a possible source of the name." The earliest recorded mention of Begemder was on the Fra Mauro map , (c.1460), where it is described as a kingdom. While Emperor Lebna Dengel , in his letter to the King of Portugal (1526), also described Begemder as
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