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The Karrayyu are an Oromo clan inhabiting the Awash Valley banks of Abadir and Merti area in central Ethiopia.^[1] They are pastoralists.^[2] Karrayyu neighbor the Afar and Argobba people.^[3] It is believed the extinct Harla ethnicity were assimilated into Karrayyu Oromo in eastern Shewa.^[4][5][6]

The Karrayu appear in the historical records of Emperor Iyasu I as posing a threat to Argobba communities situated in Shewa during the latter portion of the seventeenth century.^[7]

According to Asma Giyorgis the Karrayu genealogy is the following:^[8]

Bartumā had six sons. Karrayu is the firstborn son; 2. Marawā; 3. Ittu; 4. Akkečču; 5. Waranțešā; 6. Humbanā. Karrayu begat six children who became many and strong tribes: 1. Liban, the strongest tribe of the Gāllā; 2. Wallo; 3. Ğellē; 4. Abbo; 5. Subā; 6. Balā'e. Wallo also begat six children: 1. Warra Bukko; 2. Warra Gur'ā; 3. Warra Nolē Illu; these three were named after Wallo. 4. Warra Karrayu; 5. Warra Illu; 6. Warra Noli'ali; these three were called Saddaččā

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