Garad Amano
Amano was the Garad, or king, of the Muslim Hadiya state south of Shewa in the early fourteenth century. Hadiya lay on trade routes that Emperor Amda Seyon I meant to take from the Muslim sultanates.
Amano refused to visit the emperor and pay tribute, urged on by a Muslim called Bel'am, whom the royal chronicle denounces as a prophet of darkness. Amda Seyon invaded Hadiya, put many to the sword, enslaved the rest and took Amano prisoner, while Bel'am escaped to Ifat. Hadiya was soon absorbed. By 1332 it was supplying troops for the emperor's campaign against Ifat.