Sabr ad-Din II

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Sabr ad-Din II (died 1422) was a king of Adal and the oldest son of Sa'ad ad-Din II. Trimingham tersely states that Sabr ad-Din returned to Africa from Yemen to reclaim his father's realm, but was defeated in battle by the Emperor of Ethiopia Yeshaq.^[1]

E. A. Wallis Budge offers some more details, explaining that he was chosen as the first to return to their father's lands; he crossed over to Adal and established a base in Sayarah, where he was joined by many of his father's followers. He defeated his Ethiopian opponents in battles at Sarjan and Zikr Amhara, then had to withstand the successes of the Ethiopian general Nadjt Bakal until Sabr ad-Din's brother Muhammad, aided by their follower Harb Djawush, defeated Nadjt Bakal. Another brother, Umar, "laid waste the Abyssinian territory of Aldjab, but soon after this the Christians defeated the Arabs in a decisive battle, and as each side had suffered severely both Muslims and Christians were glad to keep the peace for a number of years."^[2]

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1. ^ J. Spencer Trimingham, Islam in Ethiopia (Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege for the University Press, 1952), p. 75.
2. ^ Budge, A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia, 1928 (Oosterhout, the Netherlands: Anthropological Publications, 1970), p. 302.

Preceded by Sa'ad ad-Din II

Walashma dynasty {{{years}}}

Succeeded by Mansur ad-Din