The Walashma dynasty was a Muslim noble family based in the Horn of Africa.[1][2] It ruled the Ifat and Adal sultanates in what are present-day northern Somalia, Djibouti and eastern Ethiopia.[3]
History
The Walashma princes of Ifat and Adal all possessed Arab genealogical traditions.[4] According to both Maqrizi and the chronicle of the Walashma, 'Umar Walashma, the founder of the dynasty, was of Quraysh or Hashimite origin.[5]
The 19th century Ethiopian historian Asma Giyorgis suggests that the Walashma themselves spoke Arabic, which is similar to Ge'ez. He further describes the family as among the first Muslims to enter Abyssinia ("Habasa"), which he suggests was originally inhabited by the Saba, Balaw, Kalaw and Noba.[6]
'Umar Walashma's son Ali ibn Wali Ashma later conquered the Muslim Kingdom of Shewa.
The last member of this dynasty was Sultan Barakat ibn Umar Din, who was driven from his capital of Harar in 1559 by the Ethiopian General Hamalmal.
List of rulers of the Walashma dynasty
- Haqq ad-Din I
- Sabr ad-Din I
- Jamal ad-Din I
- Ali ibn Sabr ad-Din
- Ahmad ibn Ali
- Haqq ad-Din II
- Sa'ad ad-Din II
- Sabr ad-Din II
- Mansur ad-Din of Adal
- Jamal ad-Din II
- Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din
- Muhammad ibn Badlay
- Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad
- Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din
- Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad
- Umar Din
- Ali ibn Umar Din
- Barakat ibn Umar Din
See also
References
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- ↑ Asafa Jalata, State Crises, Globalisation, And National Movements In North-east Africa page 3-4
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara, page 62
- ↑ J.D Fage: The Cambridge History of Africa: From c. 1050 to c. 1600. Band 3. Cambridge University Press, 1975, ISBN 0-521-20981-1, S. 139 (google.ca [abgerufen am 26. Juli 2012]).
- ↑ Ivan Hrbek M. Elfasi: Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century, General History of Africa, Volume 3. UNESCO, 1988, ISBN 92-3101709-8, S. 580–582 (google.ca).
- ↑ Taddesse Tamrat: Church and state in Ethiopia, 1270-1527. Clarendon Press, 1972, S. 124 (google.ca).
- ↑ Asma Giyorgis: Aṣma Giyorgis and his work: history of the Gāllā and the kingdom of Šawā. Medical verlag, 1999, ISBN 3552313438(?!), S. 257 (google.ca).