Each year on September 1, we felt handicapped because we could not present any biographical information about Hamid Idris Awate, the man who led the challenge to Haile Sellassies’ government and trailed the path for the armed struggle in pursuit of justice and freedom for his people and country. (This website is named in his honor.) Except for the little information that was published about him by Saghem, which had briefly influenced the thinking of the current government, nothing had come out about him. But now, thanks to Mr. Mohammed Saeed Naud, the elder statesman and the founder of Eritrean Liberation Movement (ELM, also known as Haraka or Mahber Shewate), we have a wealth of information about Hamid Idris Awate in the Internet. Today we bring you a brief information about Awate which appeared on a newspaper on behalf of the British authorities seeking his capture, dead or alive: The following announcement appeared on the Arabic weekly newspaper of Friday, February 19, 1949 coinciding 19, Rabie AlThani 1368 Hijrya. POLICE ANNOUNCEMENT Anyone who presents information that leads to the arrest of the person named below, will be rewarded with the amount of 6000 Shilling:
Name | Hamid Idris Awate
The person named above is a resident of the village of Antore which lies under the jurisdiction of the Barentu police . | Description
| | Height | 1.65 meter | Color of Eyes | Black (red blood vessels visible) an average structure and somewhat skinny. | Color of Hair | Thin black | Facial Description | Scars on both cheeks in the form of III. Each scar is 3-4 cms. | Color of skin | Light brown. | | | | |
-He is from the Baria tribe (his mother is believed to be from the Beni Amer tribe) -He has a wound between his thumb and index finger but it is not known whether the wound is in his right or left hand. -He usually wears a white vest known as ‘Abu Shirt,’ a long white pant and a white thobe and has a belt around his waist on which he usually carries his pistol [it was given to him as a gift by Ibrahim Sultan.] -He has a scars from bullet wounds in his lower right foot and another high on his right hip. The rewards will be paid to anyone who presents information that would lead to the arrest of the person mentioned above or to anyone else who presents with these information to the police whether [the person] is dead or alive. Signed T. Fitzpatrick, Eritrean Police Administrator 11/2/1949 Source: Mohammed Saeed Naud- www.nawedbooks.com
Translated as is from Arabic by awate.com |
