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Why do the Seraye people, the land of the Bahre Negasi always express and defend bravely, their Agazian Habesha or Midre Bahri history?
What is the source of their warrior mentality and heroism? After all, these were the people who defended their faith and monasteries, and defeated the Jihadi Ahmed Gragn and the invading Arab Egyptians and their servant mercenaries.

Seraye or Serae

Serae or Seraye (Tigrigna/Tigre/Ge’ez: ሰራየ) is a former province of Eritrea which had an estimated population of 515,000 in 1990 (the most populous province) and an area of 8,608 km2 (3,324 sq mi).[20][10] The province is home to two of the Eritrean ethnic groups namely the Tigrinya and Tigre. It has since been incorporated primarily into the Debub Region, though some western districts have become part of the Gash-Barka region. It is believed that the name of the province is from the "dark forests" which once thrived on its fertile ground.[21]
Seraye map until 1990's

Today the region is home to twelve monasteries of the Eritrean Orthodox Church as well as a number of new factories in the town of Mendefera.
Districts

Tsilima ጽልማ
Debub ደቡብ
GuH'tsi'A ጉሕጭዓ
Mai Tsa'eda ማይጻዕዳ/ ማጫዕዳ
Enda Azmach Oqbit እንዳዝማች ዑቕቢት
Deqi Bokhri ደቂ ቦኽሪ
Meraguz መራጉዝ
QoHain ቆሓይን
Gundet ጒንደት
Sef'a ሰፍኣ
Harfe Gurotto ሃርፈጒረቶ
Deqi Digna ደቂ ድግና
Deqi Aites ደቂ ጣዒስ
Medri Wedi’Sebera ምድሪ ወዲ’ሰበራ
Dembelas ደምበላስ
Zaide'kolom ዛይደ'ኮሎም
Anagir ዓናግር
Tekela ተኸላ
Kuno Redae ኲኖ ረዳእ
Etan Zere ዕጣን ዘርአ
Misyam ምስያም
Medri Felasi ምድሪ ፈላሲ
Timzea - ትምዝኣ

History

Serae/Seraye which in old books called as Sarawi (ሰራዊ)[22][23] is an ancient entity which was a region of the Kingdom of D'mt,[24] which would evolve in the Kingdom of Aksum. During the Zagwe and Solomonic dynasties, the Bahr Negash would be centered in Debarwa in the province of Seraye.[25] Historically Serae includes Tigray proper (Adwa/Shire/Axum) and was home of the Aksumite capital of Axum town and it was bounded by lands of Akele Guzay in the east, Hamassien in the North, it borders Temben, Endrta and Wolkayt to the south and Gash-Setit in the west During this Axumite period, the region became a successful trading region as it lay between the Red Sea port of Adulis, Asmara, and Axum.

In his tablet, Ezana mentions several peoples he had subjugated and refers to himself as the ruler of Aksum, Himyar, Sheba (Saba') and Rydan in Yemen. He also mentions 'Sarawi' as one of the people he subjugated. Furthermore, he mention that he subjugated the king of 'Sarati', (this name crops up in different forms of one of which is Sarawi. It stands for the Eritrean province of 'Serae'), and says that he came to an understanding with him concerning the passage of trade caravans to 'Adulis' peacefully across his country. However, the names of these kingdoms disappeared after the fourth century A.D. Following the fall of Aksum as a united kingdom after the Hamiti Beja tribes overran the Eritrean highlands in the 8th century A.D., the province serae formed an independent state under the administration of its ruler who was called 'Cantibai'.[26] Some scholars wrote that the name Serae origin comes from the Sarat or Sarawat Mountains in South Arabia.[27]

Serae appears on indigenous maps of the northern Horn of Africa in the 15th century.[13][14]

The Bahre Negash existed until the 1600s. The province had its own written native administration codes that was used from the beginning of the 1400AD, which was named as the law of Adkeme-Miligae. The book existed until the come of the anti Christian jihadist Ahmad Gragn in the 1600s, burning churches and killing the believers and progressing northwards from present-day eastern Ethiopia and Somaliland, as a result the book was lost/burnt at that time. The people of Serae were administered without the book verbally until the arrival of the Italians in the end of the 19th century. In 1938 again the book of native law code was written of elderly and knowledgeable people from seven villages (Adi Mongonti, Mayduma, Kudo Felasi, Bet Gabriel, Qine Hayela, Adi Hyis, and May Leham) representing the whole awraja Serae except the Logo Tchiwa which had its own codes in addition to the Adkeme-Miligae. This Law had more liberal customs and low restrictions on women's rights for land ownership than any other laws in the country.[28]

Despite the emperor of Ethiopia's allegations and grants of control of the country of the Bahri negesitat the Zagwe and Solomonic dynasties, the 1984 Proceedings of the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal of the International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples declares that "There was no administration that connected Serae and Hamassien to the centre of the Ethiopian Kingdom.[29] Most of Serae and Akeleguzay are together now inside the Southern region of Eritrea.

[Eripoblikan]

They are proud Eritreans and have no interest to save your sorry behind which has been battered by the broad coalition of EDF, ENDF, Fano and Afar Special Forces.

[Roha]

They are proud Eritreans and have no interest to save your sorry behind which has been battered by the broad coalition of EDF, ENDF, Fano and Afar Special Forces.

We will always remember our heroic great grandfathers from Seraye Awraja of Eritrea who believed in peaceful coexistence with our Ethiopian brothers and sisters as paramount to peace in the Horn of Africa.

There is something here as proof. UP = Unionist Party with Ethiopia
Elected members of the Seraye or Serae Division in Eritrea who voted overwhelmingly for full economic integration and peaceful coexistence with Ethiopia in 1960.

22. Bashai Berhane Tecle UP
23. Azmatch Fasil Habtu UP
24. Kegnaz Yihdego Ghebrerufael UP
25. Keshi. Woldeyohannes Tzadu UP
26. Ato Tesfai Zemikael UP
27. Dimetros Gebremariam UP
28. Ato Nega Naizghi UP
29. Ato Ogbe Haile UP
30. Azmatch Woldemikael Beraki UP
31. Graz. Asberom Woldeghiorghis UP
32. Ato Ghebremikael Derzo UP
33. Graz. Tesfamikael Werke UP

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