Abun Adashe

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Abun Adashe
Emir of the Sultanate of Adal
Reign1519-1525
SuccessorAbu Bakr ibn Muhammad
ReligionIslam

Garad Abun Adashe was a Harari Emir of the Adal Sultanate.[1][2]

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Garad Abun Adashe ruled from 1519 to 1525 and led a campaign against the Walashma dynasty. Adashe campaigned against Sultan Abu Bakr ibn Muhammed; however he was decisively defeated at Harar his own base and Abu Bakr successfully invaded Harar with the assistance of Somali militias.[3][4][5] Imam Ahmed Al Gurey served as an advisor and respected infantryman for Adashe against the Walashma forces.[6][7] After his loss, Ahmed Gurey avenged his sultan's death and killed Abu Bakr.[8] Garad Abun's son succeeded his father and supported Imam Ahmed in his conquest by leading Jihad after Ahmed's death.[9][10]

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References[]

  1. ^ WONDIMU, ALEMAYEHU. A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE HARARI PEOPLE (PDF). JIMMA UNIVERSITY. p. 20.
  2. ^ The Ethiopian borderlands regional essays. Pankhurst. p. 81.
  3. ^ Hassan, Mohammed. Oromo of Ethiopia 1500 (PDF). University of London. p. 29.
  4. ^ Islam in Ethiopia. Oxford University press: J.Spencer Trimingham. p. 85.
  5. ^ Ethiopian Borderlands essays. R. Pankhurst. p. 82.
  6. ^ Adashe. JSTOR 41965889.
  7. ^ Adashe. 1905.
  8. ^ Islam in Ethiopia. J spencer trimingham. 1952. p. 86.
  9. ^ Ethiopian Borderlands. Pankhurst. p. 200.
  10. ^ Ethiopian Borderlands essays. p. 201.
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