The purpose of this study is to reconstruct the history of land right and reforms in Dabat warada in particular and Wagara Awrajja in general, 1941-74. The thesis ./· begins with descriptions and analysis of the physical setting, historical background and the local administration of the warada. The paper also discusses the land tenure ,.reforms and types. Different land reform measures had been taken by the Imperial Government before Italian occupation. Immediately in the post liberation period, the attempt to reform land was failed because of lack of organized and strong local administration and institutions which could have successfully materialized land reform measures. Nevertheless, since the late 1950s, demand for changes in the system of land tenure became an agenda all over the country. The emperor promulgated a number of land laws. These laws were aimed at reforming the lan9 tenure systems which became, among other things, the cause for poverty and under development in the country. The research found that all reforms taken by the Imperial Government were not implemented in the study area. Furthermore, the thesis discusses land rights of the Fa/as has, Muslims and women as the right to such group was not guaranteed in the area under study. The Falashas were alienated from "rist" land during the reign of King Yashaq (r.1413-30). Since then, . "' Abstract they lived through tenancy, rent and grant from local balabbats . Muslims were also the other disadvantaged groups of the society in relation to their right to access to land. Like the Fa/as has, they acquired land through jenancy, purchase and gift from the local -rulers, and through rent systems. The issue of women's access and control over land can also be considered as an example of some of the problems in the study area. It was found that women's direct access to land was often limited in the warada in its long history of land tenure systems.