Dana, Ethiopia
Dana is a village located 38 km away from Weldiya town in the district of Habru, North Wollo Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
It was one of the 19th century famous Islamic educations and sufi-order centers in Wollo where prominent Islamic scholars like Shaykh Daniy al-Awal, Shaykh Daniy al-Thani, and Shaykh Mohammed Zayn successively administered the center and taught lots of Muslim scholars. The center was founded by, Shaykh Amad b. Adam, commonly known as Daniyy al-Awwal, which implies the first Shaykh of Dana.
