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List of emirs of Harar

List of emirs of Harar

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The Emir
Emir
Emir , is a high title of nobility or office, used throughout the Arab World and historically in 19th-century Afghanistan and also in the medieval Muslim World...

s of Harar
Harar
Harar is an eastern city in Ethiopia, and the capital of the modern Harari ethno-political division of Ethiopia...

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The Emir
Emir
Emir , is a high title of nobility or office, used throughout the Arab World and historically in 19th-century Afghanistan and also in the medieval Muslim World...

s of Harar
Harar
Harar is an eastern city in Ethiopia, and the capital of the modern Harari ethno-political division of Ethiopia...

 are as follows:
  • 1647 - 1671 — `Ali ibn Da`ud
    `Ali ibn Da`ud
    `Ali ibn Da`ud was the Emir of Harar . He founded a new dynasty of rulers of the Ethiopian city of Harar. However according to Richard Pankhurst, during his reign the city's problems with the surrounding Oromos continued. In 1662 the Emir's troops met in battle the Illamo Oromo, "which resulting in...

  • 1671 - 1700 — `Abd Allah I ibn `Ali
  • 1700 - 1721 — Talha ibn `Abd Allah
  • 1721 - 1732 — Abu Bakr I ibn `Abd Allah
  • 1732 - 1733 — Khalaf ibn Abi Bakr
  • 1733 - 1747 — Hamid ibn Abi Bakr
  • 1747 - 1755 — Yusuf ibn Abi Bakr
  • 1755 - 1782 — Ahmad I ibn Abi Bakr
    Ahmad I ibn Abi Bakr
    Ahmad I ibn Abi Bakr was Emir of Harar . He made several successful military expeditions against the Oromo around the city of Harar, which probably helped to keep the trade routes open west to Shewa and east to Zeila....

  • 1782 - 1783 — Muhammad ibn Yusuf
  • 1783 - 1794 — `Abd al-Shakur ibn Yusuf
    `Abd al-Shakur ibn Yusuf
    Ahmad I ibn Abi Bakr was Emir of Harar . In the first years of his reign, the Emir went with afriend to the Jarso and Nole Oromo, taking bales of sheetings for the first time to these Oromo in order to civilize them...

  • 1794 - 1821 — Ahmad II ibn Muhammad
    Ahmad II ibn Muhammad
    Ahmad II ibn Muhammad was Emir of Harar , and grandnephew of Emir Ahmad I ibn Abi Bakr. He made several successful military expeditions against the Oromo around the city of Harar, which probably helped to keep the trade routes open west to Shewa and east to Zeila...

  • 1821 - 1825 — `Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad
    `Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad
    `Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad was the Emir of Harar .On the death of his brother, Emir Ahmad II ibn Muhammad, `Abd ar-Rahman and his other brother `Abd al-Karim quarreled over who would succeed, and `Abd ar-Rahman gained the throne first with the help of the Babille Oromo who dwelled to the east of...

  • 1825 - 1834 — `Abd al-Karim ibn Muhammad
    `Abd al-Karim ibn Muhammad
    `Abd al-Karim ibn Abu Bakr was the Emir of Harar, Ethiopia . According to the British explorer Richard F. Burton, he was the brother of `Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad....

  • 1834 - 1852 — Abu Bakr II ibn `Abd al-Munan
    Abu Bakr II ibn `Abd al-Munan
    Abu Bakr II ibn `Abd al-Munan was the emir of Harar . He was the son of `Abd al-Mannan, the brother of `Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad, and Guisti Fatima, `Abd ar-Rahman's oldest daughter. This Fatima is a different woman than Abu Bakr's wife, Fatima, whom the British explorer Richard F...

  • 1852 - 1866 — Ahmad III ibn Abu Bakr
    Ahmad III ibn Abu Bakr
    Ahmad III ibn Abu Bakr was the Emir of Harar . He was the ruling Emir when the British explorer Richard F. Burton visited the city for ten days in January 1855, which he later described in his book, First Footsteps in East Africa....

  • 1866 - 1875 — Muhammad ibn `Ali `Abd ash-Shakur
  • 1875 - 1884 — Egypt
    Egypt
    Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia...

    ian occupation
  • 1884 - 1887 — `Abd Allah II ibn `Ali `Abd ash-Shakur

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