Sabr ad-Din I

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Sabr ad-Din I (flourished 1332) was an amir of Ifat, the son of Nahwi bin Mansur bin Umar Walashma and younger brother of Haqq ad-Din I.

Sabr ad-Din rallied his fellow Muslims in a counteroffensive in early 1332 against the Ethiopians; however, the Emperor of Ethiopia Amda Seyon I defeated him in battle, then invaded a number of Muslim kingdoms, including Dawaro and Bale, which brought an end to the independent kingdoms of Hadiya, Fatagar, Dawaro, and Ifat.[1]

Sabr ad-Din was captured with his ally king Haydara of Dawaro, and who were imprisoned together. The Emperor Amda Seyon appointed as his successor his brother Jamal ad-Din I.[2]

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  1. ^ J. Spencer Trimingham, Islam in Ethiopia (Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege for the University Press, 1952), p. 71.
  2. ^ Taddesse Tamrat, Church and State in Ethiopia (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 141.
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Haqq ad-Din I		 Walashma dynasty Succeeded by
Jamal ad-Din I
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