Abadir Umar ar-Rida

Abadir Umar Al-Rida
Abadir Umar Al-Rida
الفقيه عمر الرضا أبادر التيمي
Born	Hijaz, Arabia
Died	Harar

Sheikh Abaadir Umar Al-Rida Fiqi Umar (Harari: አባዲር ዑመር አል-ሪዳ ፈቂ ዑመር, Somali: Abaadir Cumar Al-Ridaa, Fiqi Cumar, Arabic: الفقيه عمر الرضا أبادر البكري الصديقي التيمي), was the legendary founder of Harar and a patron saint in modern-day eastern Ethiopia.^[1] The modern Harari people regard him as their common ancestor,^[1] as does the Somali Sheekhaal clan.^{[citation needed]}

History[]

Al-Rida is the main figure in the Fath Madinat Al Harar, an unpublished history of Harar in the 13th century. According to the account, he along with several other religious leaders traveled from the Hijaz region of present-day Saudi Arabia to Harar in 612AD. Al-Rida subsequently married a Harari woman, and constructed the city's Jamia mosque.^[2]

Places[]

Abadir mosque, largest mosque in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia^[3]

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b Braukämper, Ulrich (2002). Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia: Collected Essays. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 107. ISBN 978-3-8258-5671-7.
^ First Emir of Harar: Sheikh Abadir Musa Warwaje’le
^ Abdulwehab, Kemal. The history of Addis Abäba mosques. Annales d'Éthiopie. p. 312.

References[]

Michael Belaynesh, Stanisław Chojnacki, Richard Pankhurst, The Dictionary of Ethiopian Biography: From early times to the end of the Zagwé dynasty c. 1270 A.D, (Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University: 1975)

External links[]

Emir Sheikh Abadir Musa Warwaje’le

[Braukämper2002-1] Braukämper, Ulrich (2002). Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia: Collected Essays. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 107. ISBN 978-3-8258-5671-7.

[Esamw-2] First Emir of Harar: Sheikh Abadir Musa Warwaje’le

[3] Abdulwehab, Kemal. The history of Addis Abäba mosques. Annales d'Éthiopie. p. 312.

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