"[3] Gafat was located just within the kingdom of Damot to the north upper Gibe River and bordered directly on southern bank of the Blue Nile.
The thirteenth century Amhara rebel leader Yekuno Amlak was supported by Gafat Malassay in the decisive Battle of Ansata against the Zagwe dynasty.
[6][7] In the reign of Yeshaq I (1412-1417), a number of Gafat communities such as Malägwe, Abdaray, and Harbäwaš south of the Nile paid tribute in the cattle.
[8] Alëqa Täkla-Iyyäsus Waq Jira, the author of the Gojjam chronicle, whom he considered the early inhabitation and direct ancestors of Gojjamis were the Gafat prior to their expulsions by the Amhara leader Susenyos I in and round Mugar River.
The practice of shunning, crafts man and artisans by highland agrarian communities who specialized in such profession consider as Buda.