ʿUmar Dīn(Arabic:عمر الدين), (reigned 1526–1553), was aSultanof theAdal Sultanatein theHorn of Africa.He was the younger brother ofAbu Bakr ibn Muhammad.[1]According to historianRichard Pankhurst,Umar was ofHararibackground.[2]
| ʿUmar Dīn عمر الدين | |
|---|---|
| Sultan | |
| Sultanof theAdal Sultanate | |
| Reign | 1526–1553 |
| Predecessor | Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad (1525–1526) |
| Successor | Ali ibn Umar Din (1553–1555) |
| Dynasty | Walashmaʿ dynasty |
| Religion | Islam |
Reign
editAfter his brotherAbu Bakr ibn Muhammadwas killed byImam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi(1506–1543) in 1526, Umar Din was made sultan by Imam Ahmad. He ruled as apuppet king,with Imam Ahmad wielding true power.[3]
TheFutuh al-Habasaof Sihab ad-Din records that the Sultan and the Imam quarrelled over the distribution of the alms tax at some point between theBattle of Shimbra Kureand theBattle of Amba Sel,which led to Imam Ahmad leavingHararto live amongst theSomalisinZeilafor some time.[4]
He was succeeded by his sonAli ibn Umar Dinin 1553, who in turn was succeeded by his brotherBarakat ibn Umar Din,the last member of theWalashmaʿ dynasty,in 1555.[5]
Notes
edit- ^Tamrat 1977,p. 169;Spencer Trimingham 1952,p. 86.
- ^Pankhurst, Richard (1997).The Ethiopian Borderlands: Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century.Red Sea Press. p. 225.ISBN9780932415196.
- ^Spencer Trimingham 1952,p. 86.
- ^Sihab ad-Din Ahmad bin 'Abd al-Qader,Futuh al-Habasa: The conquest of Ethiopia,translated by Paul Lester Stenhouse with annotations by Richard Pankhurst (Hollywood: Tsehai, 2003), pp. 101-105
- ^Spencer Trimingham 1952,p. 92, note 4.
Works cited
edit- Spencer Trimingham, John(1952).Islam in Ethiopia.Oxford: Oxford University Press.OCLC458382994.
- 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.ISBN978-0-521-20981-6.