Barakat ibn Umar Din

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Barakāt ibn ʿUmar Dīn
بركات بن عمر الدين
Sultan of
Walashmaʿ dynasty
ReligionIslam

Barakāt ibn ʿUmar Dīn (

Arabic: بركات بن عمر الدين), reigned 1555–1559, was a nominal sultan of the Sultanate of Adal in the Horn of Africa. A son of Umar Din (r. 1526–1553) and a brother of Ali ibn Umar Din (r. 1553–1555), he was the last known member of the Walashma dynasty to rule Adal.[1]

In 1555, Barakat and Ali Jamal ibn al-Imam Ahmad led an army into

Dejazmatch Hamalmal and Ras Fasil killed him and sacked the city.[2][3]

References

  1. . p. 92, note 4.
  2. ^ Hassan, Mohammad. Oromo of Ethiopia 1500 (PDF). University of London. p. 184.
  3. ^ A history of the Oromo Asma Giyorgis and his work history of the Galla and the kingdom of sawa. Edited and translated Bairu tafla. Bairu Tafla.
Preceded by Walashma dynasty Succeeded by
Dynasty exterminated