Sabr ad-Din I(fl. 1332) was asultanofIfat.He was the son ofNahwi bin Mansur bin Umar Walashmaand younger brother ofHaqq ad-Din I.
| Sabr ad-Din I صبر الدين الأول | |||||
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| Emirof theIfat Sultanate | |||||
| Reign | flourished 1332 | ||||
| Died | 1332 | ||||
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| Dynasty | Walashma dynasty | ||||
| Father | Nahwi bin Mansur bin Umar Walashma | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Reign
editSabr ad-Din rallied his fellowMuslimsin a counter-offensive in early 1332 against theChristianEthiopians,he attacked christian garrisons, burned churches, enslaved the people and forced theclergyto convert toIslam.[1]However, the chronicles of theKingAmda Seyon Isay he eventually got defeated in battle, Amde seyon then invaded a number of Islamic kingdoms, includingDawaroandBale.This brought an end to the independent kingdoms ofHadiya,Fatagar,Dawaro andIfat.[2]
Sabr ad-Din was captured with his ally, King Haydara of Dawaro, and the two were imprisoned together. The EmperorAmda Seyonappointed as his successor his brother,Jamal ad-Din I.[3]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^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.