| Sabr ad-Din I صبر الدين الأول | |||||
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| Emir of the Ifat Sultanate | |||||
| Reign | flourished 1332 | ||||
| Died | 1332 | ||||
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| Dynasty | Walashma dynasty | ||||
| Father | Nahwi bin Mansur bin Umar Walashma | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Sabr ad-Din I (fl. 1332) was a sultan of Ifat. He was the son of Nahwi bin Mansur bin Umar Walashma and younger brother of Haqq ad-Din I.
Reign
Sabr ad-Din rallied his fellow Muslims in a counter-offensive in early 1332 against the Christian Ethiopians, he attacked christian garrisons, burned churches, enslaved the people and forced the clergy to convert to Islam. However, the chronicles of the King Amda Seyon I say he eventually got defeated in battle, Amde seyon then invaded a number of Islamic kingdoms, including Dawaro and Bale. This brought an end to the independent kingdoms of Hadiya, Fatagar, Dawaro and Ifat.
Sabr ad-Din was captured with his ally, King Haydara of Dawaro, and the two were imprisoned together. The Emperor Amda Seyon appointed as his successor his brother, Jamal ad-Din I.
See also
Notes
- Jewel, Lady. Keeper of the Ark (a Moses Trilogy): For the Love of Moses, for the Children of Moses, for the Children of God. WestBow Press. p. 249.
- J. Spencer Trimingham, Islam in Ethiopia (Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege for the University Press, 1952), p. 71.
- Taddesse Tamrat, Church and State in Ethiopia (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 141.
| Preceded byHaqq ad-Din I | Walashma dynasty | Succeeded byJamal ad-Din I |