Kabir (sometimes spelled kabeer) is an honorific title in the Harari language.[1] It commonly designates a Muslim scholar or a teacher.[2] Enrico Cerulli states the term is of Ethiopian Semitic origin.[3]
A son of a Kabir named Abbas briefly ruled the Imamate of Aussa in 1585.[4] According to the Afar locals in Afambo a Harari Muslim scholar by the name Kabir Hamza arrived into the region, and introduced Hanafi legal school into Aussa his descendants today are known as "Kabirtu" and identify as Harla.[5][6] Kabirtu in Afar trace their lineage to the Walasma dynasty.[7] Kabir Hamza Mahmud al-Awsiyyi a Harla clan affiliate was known as the scholar of Aussa.[8]
People with the title include:
- Kabir Khalil, scholar in the Emirate of Harar
- Kabir Muhammad, Muezzin of Ahmed ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi[9]
- Kabir Ibrahim, Muezzin of Abun Adashe[10]
- Kabir Hamid, ancestor of the Wolane people
- Kabir Abdulmuhaymin Abdulnasser, contemporary Harari scholar
- Kabir Hassan, Qallu missionary[11]