Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
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title:
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
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Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi was the Imam of the Adal Sultanate from 1527 to 1543. Commonly named Ahmed Gragn in Amharic and Gurey in Somali, both meaning the left-handed, he led the invasion and conquest of Abyssinia from the Sultanate of Adal during the Ethiopian-Adal War. He is often referred to as the "King of Zeila" in medieval texts. Dubbed "The African Attila" by Orientalist Frederick A. Edwards, Imam Ahmed‘s conquests reached all the way to the borders of the Sultanate of Funj. Imam Ahmed
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16th century Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_ibn_Ibrahim_al-Ghazi
date created:
2005-03-11T20:01:21Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T17:54:29Z
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