Qal’ad
About This Place
Is a town on the caravan road between Harar and the gulf of Tajurah. After the armies of Menelik II were victories over sultan of Harar on Jan 7/1987, Ato Mersha went to pitch the Ethiopian flag
in the dawale and he became the governor of the region.1887 was a turning point for the region of Dire Dawa as the region was incorporated in to the trading complex of Shoa.
This old small village (now found in jeldessa village) use to serve as a custom collection place. The landscape is similar with that of dire dawa.This village was planned to be the region’s export and import controlling area. But after the establishment of dire dawa, its functions shifted and its importance as a strategic trade place vanished. As traveler Henry Savage Landor who passed through the region in 1906 wrote the˝˝ caravan route from zeila to harar was almost entirely abandoned ˝˝with the arrival of the rail way
in the dawale and he became the governor of the region.1887 was a turning point for the region of Dire Dawa as the region was incorporated in to the trading complex of Shoa.
This old small village (now found in jeldessa village) use to serve as a custom collection place. The landscape is similar with that of dire dawa.This village was planned to be the region’s export and import controlling area. But after the establishment of dire dawa, its functions shifted and its importance as a strategic trade place vanished. As traveler Henry Savage Landor who passed through the region in 1906 wrote the˝˝ caravan route from zeila to harar was almost entirely abandoned ˝˝with the arrival of the rail way