ابادر عمر الرضى
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Names
ابادر عمر الرضى Abādir ʻUmar al-Riḍā Abadir Musa Warwaje'le šayḫ, amīr role: title
Period of Activity
1216-ca. 1275Venerated saint and amīr of Harar. He is the most celebrated saint of Harar and the main figure in the story of its foundation; according to this, he arrived with other saints to Harar from Ḥiǧaz in 1216; there he was elected šayḫ by the local tribes. In the following years he fought many battles against the infidel king Karnibāl b. Mahrawāl, his brother, doughter and son. He is also mentioned in the list of the amīrs of Harar. The veneration of Abādir extends far beyond the Harar region in Muslim Ethiopia.
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Names
- ابادر عمر الرضى ar
- transliterated: Abadir Musa Warwaje'le
- šayḫ, amīr role: title
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Wagner, Ewald, ed., 1978. Legende und geschichte der Fatḥ Madīnat Harar von Yaḥyā Naṣrallāh, Abhandlungen für die kunde des Morgenlandes, XLIV, 3 (Wiesbaden: Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft, 1978). page 32-33
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Uhlig, Siegbert, ed., 2003. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, volume 1, A-C (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2003). page 4-5
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