Sabr ad-Din I (fl. 1332) was a sultan of Ifat. He was the son of Nahwi bin Mansur bin Umar Walashma and younger brother of Haqq ad-Din I.
| Sabr ad-Din I صبر الدين الأول | |||||
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| Emir of the Ifat Sultanate | |||||
| Reign | flourished 1332 | ||||
| Died | 1332 | ||||
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| Dynasty | Walashma dynasty | ||||
| Father | Nahwi bin Mansur bin Umar Walashma | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Reign
editSabr ad-Din rallied his fellow Muslims in a counter-offensive in early 1332 against the Christian Ethiopians, he attacked christian garrisons, burned churches, enslaved the people and forced the clergy to convert to Islam.[1] However, the chronicles of the King Amda Seyon I say he eventually got defeated in battle, Amde seyon then invaded a number of Islamic kingdoms, including Dawaro and Bale. This brought an end to the independent kingdoms of Hadiya, Fatagar, Dawaro and Ifat.[2]
Sabr ad-Din was captured with his ally, King Haydara of Dawaro, and the two were imprisoned together. The Emperor Amda Seyon appointed as his successor his brother, Jamal ad-Din I.[3]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Jewel, Lady. Keeper of the Ark (a Moses Trilogy): For the Love of Moses, for the Children of Moses, for the Children of God. WestBow Press. p. 249.
- ^ J. Spencer Trimingham, Islam in Ethiopia (Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege for the University Press, 1952), p. 71.
- ^ Taddesse Tamrat, Church and State in Ethiopia (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 141.