Rabat I

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Rabat I (1616/7 - 1644/5) was a ruler of the Kingdom of Sennar.

He intrigued in Ethiopian politics a number of times. Early in his reign he detained the Coptic bishop Abba Yeshaq, who was travelling to that kingdom.[1] A later act was his attempt to convert Saga Krestos, the son of Emperor Yaqob of Ethiopia, to Islam, which resulted in Saga Krestos' departure.[2]

In response to a slave raid by Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia in 1619, Rabat led a great army against the Ethiopians, and slew one of the Imperial officials, a Muslim named Muhammed Sayed. In response, Emperor Susenyos marched to the border and defeated Rabat's army.[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Richard Pankhurst, The Ethiopian Borderlands (Lawrenceville: Red Sea Press, 1997), p. 369
  2. ^ E.A Wallis Budge. A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia, 1928 (Oosterhout, the Netherlands: Anthropological Publications, 1970), p. 373.
  3. ^ Richard Pankhurst, Borderlands, p. 369
Preceded by
Badi I		 King of Sennar Succeeded by
Badi II
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