Bati del Wambara

Bati del Wambara (fl. 1531, literally Victory is her seat)^[1] was the daughter of Mahfuz, Emir of Harar in Ethiopia and later Governor of Zeila. She married Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi and accompanied him in his jihad^[2] to make Ethiopia a Muslim province.^[1] During this expedition, she gave birth to two sons - Muhammad in 1531 and Ahmad in 1533.^[1]

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rita Pankhurst - Women of Power in Ethiopia: Struggle and Loss
2. ↑ Sihab ad-Din Ahmad, in his Futuh al-Habasa (translated by Paul Lester Stenhouse with annotations by Richard Pankhurst [Hollywood: Tsehai, 2003]) consistently uses the word "Jihad" to refer to Ahmad Gragn's conquest of Ethiopia.