Abun Adashe

Garad Abun Adashe (Harari: አቦኝ አደሼ) was a Harari Emir of the Adal Sultanate.[1][2]

Abun Adashe
Emir of the Sultanate of Adal
Reign1518-1525
PredecessorMuhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din
SuccessorAbu Bakr ibn Muhammad
ReligionIslam

Reign

Garad Abun Adashe ruled from 1518 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 Ghazi 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 Garad Abass succeeded his father and supported Imam Ahmed in his conquest by leading Jihad after Ahmed's death.[9][10]

See also

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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