Umar Din
| ʿUmar Dīn عمر الدين | |
|---|---|
| Adal Sultanate | |
| Reign | 1526–1553 |
| Predecessor | Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad (1525–1526) |
| Successor | Ali ibn Umar Din (1553–1555) |
| Dynasty | Walashmaʿ dynasty |
| Religion | Islam |
ʿUmar Dīn (Arabic: عمر الدين), reigned 1526–1553, was a sultan ruling over the Sultanate of Adal in the Horn of Africa. He was the younger brother of Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad.[1]
Reign
After his brother Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad was killed by Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506–1543) in 1526, Umar Din was made sultan by Imam Ahmad. He ruled as a puppet king, with Imam Ahmad wielding true power.[2]
He was succeeded by his son Ali ibn Umar Din in 1553, who in turn was succeeded by his brother Barakat ibn Umar Din, the last member of the Walashmaʿ dynasty, in 1555.[3]
Notes
- ^ Tamrat 1977, p. 169; Spencer Trimingham 1952, p. 86.
- ^ Spencer Trimingham 1952, p. 86.
- ^ Spencer Trimingham 1952, p. 92, note 4.
Works cited
- Spencer Trimingham, John (1952). Islam in Ethiopia. Oxford: Oxford University Press. OCLC 458382994.
- Tamrat, Taddesse (1977). "Ethiopia, the Red Sea and the Horn". In Oliver, Roland (ed.). The Cambridge History of Africa. Volume 3: from c. 1050 to c. 1600. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 98–182. ISBN 978-0-521-20981-6.
Categories:
- 16th-century monarchs in Africa
- Sultans of the Adal Sultanate
- 16th-century Somalian people