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SheikhAbadir Umar Al-Rida (Harari: አባዲር ዑመር አል-ሪዳ ፈቂ ዑመር,Arabic:الفقيه ابادر عمر الرضا), also known asAw Abadir[1] orAw Badir was the legendary founder ofHarar and apatron saint in modern-day easternEthiopia. He is also regarded as the common ancestor of theSomaliSheekhaal clan and theHarari people.[2][3]
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History
editAw Abadir is the main figure in theFath Madinat Al Harar, an unpublished history ofHarar in the 13th century. According to the account, he along with several other religious leaders traveled to Harar from theHijaz region of present-daySaudi Arabia in 612H (1216 AD). Sheikh Umar Al-Rida subsequently married a localHarari woman, and constructed the city'sJamia mosque.[4]
Places
edit- Aw Abadir Stadium, proposed stadium inHarar city
- Abadir mosque, largest mosque inAddis Ababa, Ethiopia[5]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^Shack, William (10 February 2017).The Central Ethiopians, Amhara, Tigriňa and Related Peoples North Eastern Africa Part IV. Taylor and Franics.ISBN 9781315307695.
- ^Braukämper, Ulrich (2002).Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia: Collected Essays. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 107.ISBN 978-3-8258-5671-7.
- ^Nyadera, Israel Nyaburi; Islam, Nazmul; Agwanda, Billy (2024), Nyadera, Israel Nyaburi; Islam, Nazmul; Agwanda, Billy (eds.),"Clan Configuration and Identity Networks in Somalia",The Somalia Conflict Revisited: Trends and Complexities of Spatial Governance on National and Regional Security, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 39–58,doi:10.1007/978-3-031-55732-3_2,ISBN 978-3-031-55732-3
- ^Wagner, Ewald (1973)."Eine Liste der Heiligen von Harar".Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft.123 (2). Harrassowitz Verlag: 271.JSTOR 43370590.
- ^Abdulwehab, Kemal (2011)."The history of Addis Abäba mosques".Annales d'Éthiopie.26 (1): 312.
References
edit- Michael Belaynesh, Stanisław Chojnacki, Richard Pankhurst,The Dictionary of Ethiopian Biography: From early times to the end of the Zagwé dynasty c. 1270 A.D, (Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University: 1975)