Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
16th century Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (Arabic: أحمد بن إبراهيم الغازي, Harari: አሕመድ ኢብራሂም አል-ጋዚ, Somali: Axmed Ibraahim al-Qaasi;[2] c. 21 July 1506 – 10 February 1543) was the Imam of the Adal Sultanate from 1527 to 1543.[3] Commonly named Ahmed Gragn in Amharic and Gurey in Somali, both meaning the left-handed, he led the invasion and conquest of Abyssinia from the Sultanate of Adal during the Ethiopian-Adal War.[4] He is often referred to as the "King of Zeila" in medieval texts.[1]: 79
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi أحمد بن إبراهيم الغازي | |
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Reign | c. 1527 – 21 February 1543 |
Predecessor | Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad |
Successor | Nur ibn Mujahid |
Born | c. 1506 Hubat, Adal Sultanate |
Died | 21 February 1543(1543-02-21) (aged 36–37) Wayna Daga, Ethiopian Empire |
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Religion | Sunni Islam |
Dubbed "The African Attila" by Orientalist Frederick A. Edwards,[5]: 324 Imam Ahmed‘s conquests reached all the way to the borders of the Sultanate of Funj.[6][7] Imam Ahmed won nearly all his battles against the Ethiopians before 1541 and after his victory at Battle of Amba Sel, the Ethiopian Emperor, Dawit II was never again in a position to offer a pitched battle to his army[5]: 341 [8]: 329 and was subsequently forced to live as an outlaw constantly hounded by Imam Ahmed's soldiers, the Malassay.[9]