Seraye is the name of a former province of Eritrea. It has since been incorporated primarily into the Debub Region, though some western districts have become part of the Gash-Barka Region. The province was located west of Akele Guzai, south of Hamasien and north of Tigray.
Medri Bahri (Tigrinya: αα΅αͺ α£ααͺ, English: Land of the Sea) or Mereb Melash (Tigrinya: αα¨α₯ ααα½, English: Beyond the Mereb) was a kingdom autonomous from the Abyssinia ruled by the Bahr Negash. This kingdom was located north of the Mareb River and west of the Bur Province, in the Eritrean highlands (Kebassa) and some surrounding areas, mainly comprising the historical provinces of Hamasien and Seraye.
The Tigrinya people (Tigrinya: α΅ααα, romanized:Β TΙgrΙΓ±Γ±a, pronounced [tΙ¨Ι‘rΙ¨Ι²ΛΓ€] ), also known as the Biher-Tigrinya (α₯αα¨ α΅ααα, bΙherΓ€ TΙgrΙΓ±Γ±a) or Kebessa, are a Tigrinya-speaking ethnic group indigenous to the highlands of Eritrea, specifically the historical provinces of Hamasien, Akele Guzai and Seraye.
Sabagadis Woldu (Tigrinya: α±α£αα²α΅ ααα±; horse name: Abba Garray; baptismal name: Za-Manfas Qedus; 1780 β 1831) was a governor of Tigray Province of the Ethiopian Empire from 1822 to 1831. Sabagadis gained some notoriety in the first decade of the 19th century for rebelling a number of times against his overlord, Ras Wolde Selassie. But just before the death of Wolde Selassie it seems that he made up with his master and became one of his loyal lieutenants. Following Wolde Selassie's death in 1816, he defied the authority of Wolde Selassie's son, and became the most powerful warlord in Tigray. Making Adigrat his capital, he ruled Tigray and the coastal plains of Eritrea by 1818. His rule also extended to the Eritrean highlands (Hamasien, Akele Guzay, and Seraye).
Hamasien (Tigrinya: ααα΄α) (Ge'ez ααα΄α) was a historical province including and surrounding Asmara, part of modern Eritrea. In 1996 the province was divided and distributed largely to the modern Maekel region, with smaller parts being distributed amongst the Debub, Northern Red Sea, Gash-Barka, and Anseba regions.
Hamasien was located northwest of Akele Guzai and northeast of Seraye. Traditionally being the center of the Eritrean highlands, it is the locality of the city of Asmara (the capital of Eritrea).