| Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad أبو بكر بن محمد | |
|---|---|
| Adal Sultanate | |
| Reign | 1525–1526 |
| Predecessor | Garad Abun Adashe (1518–1520) |
| Successor | Umar Din (1526–1553) |
| Dynasty | Walashmaʿ dynasty |
| Religion | Islam |
Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad (Arabic: أبو بكر بن محمد), reigned 1525–1526, was a sultan of the Sultanate of Adal in the Horn of Africa. The historian Richard Pankhurst credits Abu Bakr with founding the city of Harar,[1] which he made his military headquarters in 1520. He was of Harari background.[2]
- ^ Richard Pankhurst, History of Ethiopian Towns (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1982), p. 49.
- ^ Levine, Donald. Ethiopia’s Dilemma: Missed Chances from the 1960s to the Present. University of Chicago Press. p. 3.
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