Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad
| Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad أبو بكر بن محمد | |
|---|---|
| Adal Sultanate | |
| Reign | 1525–1526 |
| Predecessor | Garad Abun Adashe (1518–1520) |
| Successor | Umar Din (1526–1553) |
| Dynasty | Walashmaʿ dynasty |
| Religion | Islam |
Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad (Arabic: أبو بكر بن محمد), reigned 1525–1526, was a sultan of the Sultanate of Adal in the Horn of Africa. The historian Richard Pankhurst credits Abu Bakr with founding the city of Harar,[1] which he made his military headquarters in 1520. He was of Harari background.[2]
Reign
Abu Bakr organized Somali troops, then attacked the popular leader of Adal emir Garad Abun Adashe and killed him subsequently moving the capital of Adal Sultanate to Harar city.[3] However, a power struggle with Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi would ensue, who eventually defeated Abu Bakr and killed him. The Imam then made Abu Bakr's younger brother, Umar Din, the new sultan, although the latter only reigned as a puppet king.[4]
See also
Notes
- ^ Richard Pankhurst, History of Ethiopian Towns (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1982), p. 49.
- ^ Levine, Donald. Ethiopia’s Dilemma: Missed Chances from the 1960s to the Present. University of Chicago Press. p. 3.
- ^ Abu Bakr b. Muhammad b. Azar. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
- ^ Spencer Trimingham 1952, pp. 85f.; cf. Tamrat 1977, p. 169.
Works cited
- Spencer Trimingham, John (1952). Islam in Ethiopia. Oxford: Oxford University Press. OCLC 458382994.
- Tamrat, Taddesse (1977). "Ethiopia, the Red Sea and the Horn". In Oliver, Roland (ed.). The Cambridge History of Africa. Volume 3: from c. 1050 to c. 1600. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 98–182. ISBN 978-0-521-20981-6.
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