| Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din بادلاي بن سعد الدين | |||||
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| 4th Sultan of the Sultanate of Adal | |||||
| Reign | mid-15th century | ||||
| Predecessor | Jamal ad-Din II | ||||
| Successor | Muhammad ibn Badlay | ||||
| Died | 25 December 1445 Dawaro | ||||
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| Dynasty | Walashma dynasty | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din II (Arabic: بادلاي بن سعد الدين) (also known as Sihab ad-Din Ahmad Badlay,[1][2] Arwe Badlay – "Badlay the Beast" (died 25 December 1445) was a Sultan of the Sultanate of Adal and a son of Sa'ad ad-Din II. Brought numerous Christian lands under Muslim rule and contributed to expanding Adal's reach and power in the region. The polity under Sultan Badlay controlled the territory stretching from port city of Suakin in Sudan to covering the whole Afar plains to the Shewa and Chercher Mountains to include significant portions of Somaliland.[3] Sultanate of Mogadishu was also tributary state of Adal under Badlay.[4]
- ^ G.W.B. Huntingford, Historical Geography of Ethiopia (London: British Academy, 1989), p. 101. ISBN 0-19-726055-1
- ^ Pankhurst, Richard. The Ethiopian Borderlands: Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century (Asmara, Eritrea: Red Sea Press, 1997), pp.56
- ^ Pouwels, Randall (31 March 2000). The History of Islam in Africa. Ohio University Press. p. 229. ISBN 9780821444610.
- ^ Clark, Desmond (1975). The Cambridge History of Africa Volume 3. Cambridge University Press. p. 155. ISBN 9780521209816.
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