Ahmad III ibn Abu Bakr

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title: Ahmad III ibn Abu Bakr
text: Ahmad III ibn Abu Bakr was the Emir of Harar (1852–1856). He was the ruling Emir when the British explorer Richard F. Burton visited the city for ten days in January 1855, which he later described in his book, First Footsteps in East Africa. Emir Ahmad was the son and successor of Abu Bakr II ibn `Abd al-Munan and Gisti Fatima. Although Burton writes that she was the daughter of a Somali chieftain, "Gerad Hirsi of the Berteri tribe", reliable oral tradition states that she was the eldest daughte
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description: 16th Emir of Harar
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