Back نور بن مجاهد السمروني Arabic نور بن مجاهد سمرونی AZB Nur ibn Mujahid Finnish Nur ibn al-Wazir Mujahid French Нур ибн Муджахид Russian Nuur ibn Mujaahid Somali
| Nur ibn Mujahid نور بن مجاهد | |||||
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| Emir of Adal Emir of Harar Amir al-Mu'minin[1] | |||||
.jpg) Tomb of Nur ibn Mujahid in Harar | |||||
| Leader of Adal | |||||
| Reign | 1550–1567 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi | ||||
| Successor | Uthman the Abyssinian | ||||
| Died | 1567 | ||||
| Spouse | Bati del Wambara | ||||
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| Religion | Islam | ||||
Nur al-Din[2] or Nur ibn Mujahid ibn ‘Ali ibn ‘Abdullah al Dhuhi Suha (Harari: ኑር ኢብን ሙጃሂድ, Somali: Nuur ibn Mujaahid, Arabic: نور بن مجاهد; died 1567) was an Emir of Harar who ruled over the Adal Sultanate.[3][4] He was known for marrying his uncle's widow, Bati del Wambara, and also succeeding Imam Ahmad as the leader of the Muslim forces fighting Christian Ethiopia.[5] He is often known as the "King of Adel" in medieval texts.[6]
- ^ E. Cerulli. Islam Yesterday and Today. p. 381.
- ^ Stéphane Ancel. L'Islam en Ethiopie (PDF).
- ^ Beyene, Solomon Gebreyes (2017). "The Chronicle of King Gälawdewos (1540–1559) : A Critical Edition with Annotated Translation". Aethiopica. 19: 327–328. doi:10.15460/AETHIOPICA.19.1.1006. S2CID 164703526.
- ^ Pankhurst, Richard (1997). The Ethiopian Borderlands: Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century. Red Sea Press. p. 244. ISBN 9780932415196.
- ^ R.Basset (editor), Histoire de la conquete de l’Abyssinie (History of the Conquest of Abyssinia), Paris, 1897–1901
- ^ Lobo, Jerónimo (1735). Sequel of the Account of Abyssinia. A. Bettesworth, and C. Hitch. p. 317.