Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie

Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie d'Arrast (24 July 1815 – 8 November 1893), also listed as Michel Arnaud d'Abbadie in the Chambers Biographical Dictionary was a French-Basque explorer of Irish origin, renowned for his extensive travels in Ethiopia alongside his elder brother, Antoine d'Abbadie d'Arrast. Arnaud distinguished himself as a geographer, ethnologist, and linguist, gaining intimate knowledge of Abyssinian polemarchs and serving as an active observer of their battles and courtly life. In 1868, Arnaud published the seminal account of their travels, titled Douze ans de séjour dans la Haute-Ethiopie(Twelve Years in Upper Ethiopia in english), providing a comprehensive narrative of their twelve-year sojourn in the region.