Ahmad ibn Ali
| Ahmad ibn Ali أحمد بن علي | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Ifat | |
| Reign | mid-14th century |
| Dynasty | Walashma dynasty |
| Religion | Islam |
Ahmad ibn Ali (Arabic: أحمد بن علي) (flourished mid-14th century) was the son of Jamal ad-Din I. The Emperor of Ethiopia Newaya Krestos made him Governor of Ifat after his father Ali ibn Sabr ad-Din unsuccessfully revolted against the Emperor and was put into prison.
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His father Ali was released from imprisonment after eight years and restored to the governorship, whereupon he treated Ahmad as a traitor, excluding him from all positions of authority. Ahmad called on the intervention of Emperor Newaya Krestos to gain a position over a single district; and his sons were considered outcasts by the rest of the Walashma family.[1]
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- ^ Taddesse Tamrat, Church and State in Ethiopia (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 147.
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- Sultans of Ifat
- 14th-century monarchs in Africa
- 14th-century Somalian people
- Ethiopian royalty stubs