Ahmad ibn Ali

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Ahmad ibn Ali (flourished mid 14th century) was the son of Jamal ad-Din I. The Emperor of Ethiopia Newaya Krestos made him governor of Ifat after his father Ali ibn Sabr ad-Din unsuccessfully revolted against the Emperor and was put into prison.

His father Ali was released from imprisonment after eight years and restored to the governorship, whereupon he excluded Ahmad from all positions of authority, considering Ahmad to be a traitor. Ahmad needed the intervention of Emperor Newaya Krestos to gain a position over a single district; and his sons were considered outcasts by the rest of the Walashma family.1

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  1. Taddesse Tamrat, Church and State in Ethiopia (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 147.
Preceded by:
Jamal ad-Din I		 Walashma dynasty Succeeded by:
Haqq ad-Din II
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