Mansur ad-Din of Adal

Mansur ad-Din
منصور اد الدين
2nd Sultan of the Sultanate of Adal
Reignearly 15th century
PredecessorSabr ad-Din III
SuccessorJamal ad-Din II
Died1424
DynastyWalashma dynasty
ReligionIslam

Mansur ad-Din (Arabic: منصور الدين) (died 1424) was a Sultan of the Sultanate of Adal and a son of Sa'ad ad-Din II.[1][2] He was of a Somali ethnic background.[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ Asafa Jalata, State Crises, Globalisation, And National Movements In North-east Africa page 3-4
  2. ^ The date of his death is from J. Spencer Trimingham, Islam in Ethiopia (Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege for the University Press, 1952), p. 75.
  3. ^ Cerulli, Enrico (1926). Le popolazioni della Somalia nella tradizione storica locale. L'Accademia. "Cerulli suggests that the Saint "Aw Barkhdale" (Yusuf Al Kownayn) can be associated with "Yusuf Barkatla", ancestor of Umar' Walashma, founder of the Ifat dynasty"
  4. ^ Lewis, I. M. (1998). Saints and Somalis: Popular Islam in a Clan-based Society. The Red Sea Press. ISBN 9781569021033.
  5. ^ Levtzion, Nehemia; Pouwels, Randall L. (2000-03-31). The History of Islam in Africa. Ohio University Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-8214-4461-0.
  6. ^ Mire, Sada (2015). "Wagar, Fertility and Phallic Stelae: Cushitic Sky-God Belief and the Site of Saint Aw-Barkhadle, Somaliland". The African Archaeological Review. 32 (1): 93–109. ISSN 0263-0338. JSTOR 43916848.

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