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Revision as of 23:57, 2 October 2005 by Llywrch (talk | contribs) (a start)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad (reigned 1525 - 1526) was a sultan of Adal. Pankhurst credits Abu Bakr with founding the city of Harar, which he made his military headquarters in 1520.
Abu Bakr collected a band of Somali brignads, surprised then Sultan al-Jarad Abun ibn Adash of Adal, killed him, making himself sultan. However, his control over Adal was disputed by Imam Ahmad Gragn, who eventually defeated Abu Bakr and killed him. The Imam then made Abu Bakr's brother Umar Din sultan.
Notes
- Pankhurst, p. 49.
- J. Spencer Trimingham, Islam in Ethiopia (Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege for the University Press, 1952), pp. 85f.
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