Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad (Arabic:أبو بكر بن محمد), (reigned 1525–1526), was aSultan of theAdal Sultanate in theHorn of Africa. The historianRichard Pankhurst credits Abu Bakr with founding the city ofHarar,[1] which he made his military headquarters in 1520. He was ofHarari background.[2]
| Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad أبو بكر بن محمد | |
|---|---|
| Sultan | |
| Sultan of theAdal Sultanate | |
| Reign | 1525–1526 |
| Predecessor | Garad Abun Adashe (1518–1520) |
| Successor | Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi(1526-1547) Umar Din (puppet ruler) |
| Dynasty | Walashmaʿ dynasty |
| Religion | Islam |
Reign
editAbu Bakr organized a band ofSomali brigands, then attacked the popular leader of Adal emirGarad Abogn ibn Adish and killed him subsequently moving the capital of Adal Sultanate toHarar city.[3][4] However, a power struggle withImamAhmad 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 apuppet king.[5]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^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.
- ^Trimingham, J. Spencer (1952).Islam in Ethiopia. Routledge. p. 85.
- ^Spencer Trimingham 1952, pp. 85f.; cf.Tamrat 1977, p. 169.
Works cited
edit- Spencer Trimingham, John (1952).Islam in Ethiopia. Oxford: Oxford University Press.OCLC 458382994.
- Tamrat, Taddesse (1977). "Ethiopia, the Red Sea and the Horn". InOliver, 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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