Abadir Umar ar-Rida

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), also known as Aw Abadir[1] was the legendary founder of Harar and a patron saint in modern-day eastern Ethiopia.[2] The modern Harari people regard him as their common ancestor,[2] as does the Somali Sheekhaal clan.

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

History

Aw Abadir is the main figure in the Fath Madinat Al Harar, an unpublished history of Harar in the 13th century.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. Sheikh Umar Al-Rida subsequently married a local Harari woman, and constructed the city's Jamia mosque.[3]

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See also

Notes
  1. Shack, William (10 February 2017). The Central Ethiopians, Amhara, Tigriňa and Related Peoples North Eastern Africa Part IV. Taylor and Franics. ISBN 9781315307695.
  2. Braukämper, Ulrich (2002). Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia: Collected Essays. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 107. ISBN 978-3-8258-5671-7.
  3. Wagner, Ewald (1973). "Eine Liste der Heiligen von Harar". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. Harrassowitz Verlag. 123 (2): 271. JSTOR 43370590.
  4. Abdulwehab, Kemal (2011). "The history of Addis Abäba mosques". Annales d'Éthiopie. 26 (1): 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)
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