Benutzer:Shi Annan/Walashma
Vorlage:Pp Vorlage:Short description The Walashma dynasty was a medieval Muslim dynasty of the Horn of Africa founded in Ifat (modern eastern Shewa).[1] Founded in the 13th century, it governed the Ifat and Adal Sultanates in what are present-day Somalia, Djibouti and eastern Ethiopia.[2]
Genealogical traditions
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]The Walashma princes of Ifat and Adal claimed to possessed Arab genealogical traditions.[3][4] In terms of lineage, Walashma traditions trace descent from Banu Makhzum tribe by El Maqrisi. But Ifat Sultanate trace descent from Akīl ibn Abī Tālib, the brother of the Caliph ʿAlī and Djaʿfar ibn Abī Tālib. The latter was among the earliest Muslims to settle in the Horn region. However, the semi-legendary apologetic History of the Walasma asserts that ʿUmar ibn-Dunya-hawz had as a progenitor Caliph ʿAlī's son al-Hasan.[3] This is not supported by both Maqrizi and the chronicle of the Walashma. But ʿUmar ibn-Dunya-hawz, whom both assert was the founder of the dynasty, was of Quraysh or Hashimite origin.[4][5] Fourteenth century Arab historian Ibn Khaldun mentions the ancestors of Walasma were once tributary to the Kingdom of Damot.[6]
However, most historians regard the Walashma dynasty to be of local origin descending from Yusuf bin Ahmad al-Kawneyn, a Somali Sheikh. Enrico Cerulli and J. Spencer Trimingham considers them to be ethnic Somali-Argobbas.[7][8] Walashma are historically tied to the ancestors of Argobba the people of Doba.[9] The Harari people also claim to be associated with the Walasma.[10] Bahru Zewde, Richard Pankhurst, Djibril Niane and others regard the Walasma Sultans of Ifat and Adal to be predominantly Argobba and Harari.[11][12][13][14] Enrico Cerulli asserts that one of the ancestors of ʿUmar ibn DunyaHuz was the 10th century Somali saint "Aw" Barkhadle from Arabia.[15][16][17] J. Spencer Trimingham considers this to be unlikely, as according to local traditions he lived for over 500 years and died in the early 16th century.[18][19]
Walasma dynasty of Ifat initiated a series of marriage alliances with the leaders of Adal, according to the chronicle "Conquest of Abyssinia" by Arab faqih, Harla lords descendant from the last Walasma ruler of Ifat Sa'ad ad-Din II participated in the sixteenth century Ethiopian–Adal War.[20][21] The last known Walasma member in Adal was Barakat ibn Umar Din of Harar during the sixteenth century.[22] The Kabirto of Harla as well as Doba who originate from the Walasma dynasty were overthrown in 1769 by the Mudaito dynasty of Afar in Aussa (modern Afar Region), the descendant of Kabirto shaykh Kabir Hamza, preserved their history through manuscripts.[23][24][25]
The title Walasma was still used in Ifat province as late as the nineteenth century with governors of that region claiming descent from the old dynasty.[26] In 1993 Mohammed Saleh who professed his ancestors were the Argobba Walasma of Ifat revealed that his progenitors were traders of the Shewa-Harar route for centuries.[27]
Language
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Historians state the language spoken by the people of Adal as well as its rulers the Imams and Sultans would closely resemble contemporary Harari language.[28][29][30] The 19th-century Ethiopian historian Asma Giyorgis suggests that the Walashma themselves spoke Arabic.[31][32]
Sultanate of Ifat
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]During the end of the 13th century, northern Hararghe was seat of a Muslim sultanate named under the rule of Makhzumi dynasty.[33] A contemporary source describes the sultanate being torn apart by internal strafe and weakened by struggles with neighboring Muslim states. In 1278 one of these neighboring states, named Ifat in eastern Shewa, led by the Walashma invaded the Sultanate of Showa. After a few years of struggle the sultanate was annexed into Ifat. This annexation is usually attributed to ʿUmar, but he had been dead for 50 years by the time Showa was annexed. More likely, it was his grandson Jamal ad-Dīn or perhaps even his great-grandson Abūd. In 1288 Sultan Wali Asma successfully conquered Hubat, Adal and other Muslim states in the region. Making Ifat the most powerful Muslim kingdom in the Horn of Africa.[34]
In 1332, the Sultan of Ifat, Haqq ad-Din I was slain in a military campaign against the Abyssinian Emperor Amda Seyon's troops.[35] Amda Seyon then appointed Jamal ad-Din as the new King, followed by Jamal ad-Din's brother Nasr ad-Din.[36] Despite this setback, the Muslim rulers of Ifat continued their campaign. The Abyssinian Emperor branded the Muslims of the surrounding area "enemies of the Lord", and again invaded Ifat in the early 15th century. After much struggle, Ifat's troops were defeated and the Sultanate's ruler, King Sa'ad ad-Din II, fled to Zeila. He was pursued there by Abyssinian forces, where they slayed him.[37]
Sultans of Ifat
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]| Ruler Name | Reign | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sulṭān ʿUmar DunyaHuz | 1185 - 1228 | Founder of the Walashma dynasty, his nickname was ʿAdūnyo or Wilinwīli |
| 2 | Sulṭān ʿAli "Baziwi" ʿUmar | 1228 - 12?? | Son of ʿUmar DunyaHuz |
| 3 | Sulṭān ḤaqqudDīn ʿUmar | 12?? - 12?? | Son of ʿUmar DunyaHuz |
| 4 | Sulṭān Ḥusein ʿUmar | 12?? - 12?? | Son of ʿUmar DunyaHuz |
| 5 | Sulṭān NasradDīn ʿUmar | 12?? - 12?? | Son of ʿUmar DunyaHuz |
| 6 | Sulṭān Mansur ʿAli | 12?? - 12?? | Son of ʿAli "Baziwi" ʿUmar |
| 7 | Sulṭān JamaladDīn ʿAli | 12?? - 12?? | Son of ʿAli "Baziwi" ʿUmar |
| 8 | Sulṭān Abūd JamaladDīn | 12?? - 12?? | Son of JamaladDīn ʿAli |
| 9 | Sulṭān Zubēr Abūd | 12?? - 13?? | Son of Abūd JamaladDīn |
| 10 | Māti Layla Abūd | 13?? - 13?? | Daughter of Abūd JamaladDīn |
| 11 | Sulṭān ḤaqqudDīn Naḥwi | 13?? - 1328 | Son of Naḥwi Mansur, grandson of Mansur ʿUmar |
| 12 | Sulṭān SabiradDīn Maḥamed "Waqōyi" Naḥwi | 1328 - 1332 | Son of Naḥwi Mansur, defeated by Emperor Amde Seyon of Abyssinia, who replaced him with his brother JamaladDīn as a vassal. |
| 13 | Sulṭān JamaladDīn Naḥwi | 1332 - 13?? | Son of Naḥwi Mansur, vassal king under Amde Seyon |
| 14 | Sulṭān NasradDīn Naḥwi | 13?? - 13?? | Son of Naḥwi Mansur, vassal king under Amde Seyon |
| 15 | Sulṭān "Qāt" ʿAli SabiradDīn Maḥamed | 13?? - 13?? | Son of SabiradDīn Maḥamed Naḥwi, rebelled against Emperor Newaya Krestos after the death of Amde Seyon, but the rebellion failed and he was replaced with his brother Aḥmed |
| 16 | Sulṭān Aḥmed "Harbi Arʿēd" ʿAli | 13?? - 13?? | Son of ʿAli SabiradDīn Maḥamed, accepted the role of vassal and did not continue to rebel against Newaya Krestos, and is subsequently regarded very poorly by Muslim historians |
| 17 | Sulṭān Ḥaqquddīn Aḥmed | 13?? - 1374 | Son of Aḥmed ʿAli |
| 18 | Sulṭān SaʿadadDīn Aḥmed | 1374 - 1403 | Son of Aḥmed ʿAli, killed in the Abyssinian invasion of Ifat under Dawit I or Yeshaq I[38] |
Sultanate of Adal
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Adal was a general term for a region of lowlands inhabited by Muslims east of the province of Ifat. It was used ambiguously in the medieval era to indicate the Muslim inhabited low land portion east of the Ethiopian Empire. Including north of the Awash River towards Lake Abbe as well as the territory between Shewa and Zeila on the coast of Somaliland.[39]Vorlage:Sfn[40] According to Ewald Wagner, Adal region was historically the area stretching from Zeila to Harar.[41][42] In the late fourteenth century Walasma princes Haqq ad-Din II and Sa'ad ad-Din II relocated their base to the Harari plateau in Adal forming a new Sultanate.[43]
The last Sultan of Ifat, Sa'ad ad-Din II, was killed in Zeila after he had fled there in 1403, his children escaped to Yemen, before later returning to the Harar plateau in 1415.[44][45] In the early 15th century, Adal's capital was established in the town of Dakkar, where Sabr ad-Din III, the eldest son of Sa'ad ad-Din II, established a new base after his return from Yemen.[46][47] By the late 1400s the Walasma sultans began to be challenged by the Harla emirs of the Harar plateau with rise of Imam Mahfuz.[48]
Adal's headquarters were relocated in the following century, this time to Harar. From this new capital, Adal organised an effective army led by Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (Ahmad "Gurey" or Ahmad "Gran") that invaded the Abyssinian empire.[47] This 16th century campaign is historically known as the Conquest of Abyssinia (Futuh al-Habash). During the war, Imam Ahmad pioneered the use of cannons supplied by the Ottoman Empire, which he imported through Zeila and deployed against Abyssinian forces and their Portuguese allies led by Cristóvão da Gama.[49] Some scholars argue that this conflict proved, through their use on both sides, the value of firearms like the matchlock musket, cannons and the arquebus over traditional weapons.[50]
Sultans of Adal
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]| Name | Reign | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sulṭān SabiradDīn SaʿadadDīn | 1415–1422 | Son of SaʿadadDīn Aḥmed, He returned to the Horn of Africa from Yemen to reclaim his father's realm. He subsequently became the first ruler and founder of the new Adal dynasty winning some early victories before being soundly defeated by Emperor Yeshaq I. |
| 2 | Sulṭān Mansur SaʿadadDīn | 1422–1424 | Son of SaʿadadDīn Aḥmed. Him and his brother Muhammad are said to have been captured by Yeshaq I |
| 3 | Sulṭān JamaladDīn SaʿadadDīn | 1424–1433 | Said to have won numerous important battles against his enemiesVorlage:Citation needed before his forces were defeated after an exhausting retreat to protect the capital. |
| 4 | Sulṭān Sihab ad-Din Ahmad Badlay "Arwe Badlay" | 1433–1445 | Son of SaʿadadDīn Aḥmed, also known as "Arwe Badlay" ("Badlay the beast"). Badlay turned the tide of war against the Abyssinians and successfully invaded the Ethiopian Empire to expand the power & reach of Adal. Badlay founded a new capital at Dakkar, near Harar. He was killed by the outnumbered forces of Zara Yaqob at the Battle of Gomit |
| 5 | Sulṭān Maḥamed AḥmedudDīn | 1445–1472 | Son of AḥmedudDīn "Badlay" SaʿadadDīn, Maḥamed asked for help from the Mameluk Sultanate of Egypt in 1452, though this assistance was not forthcoming. He ended up signing a very short-lived truce with Baeda Maryam I. |
| 6 | Sulṭān ShamsadDin Maḥamed | 1472–1488 | Son of Maḥamed AḥmedudDīn, he was attacked by Emperor Eskender of Abyssinia in 1479, who sacked Dakkar and destroyed much of the city, though the Abyssinians failed to occupy the city. |
| 7 | Sulṭān Maḥamed ʿAsharadDīn | 1488–1518 | Great-grandson of SaʿadadDīn Aḥmed of Ifat, he continued to fight to liberate Dawaro along with Garad Maḥfūẓ of Zeila. He was assassinated after a disastrous campaign in 1518 and the death of Garad Maḥfūẓ. |
| 8 | Sultan Maḥamed Abūbakar Maḥfūẓ | 1518–1519 | Seized the throne, sparking a conflict between the Karanle and Walashma |
| 9 | Sulṭān Abūbakar Maḥamed | 1518–1526 | He killed Garād Abūn and restored the Walashma dynasty, but Garād Abūn's cousin Imām Aḥmed Gurēy avenged his cousin's death and killed him. While Garād Abūn ruled in Dakkar, Abūbakar Maḥamed established himself at Harar in 1520, and this is often cited as when the capital moved. Abūbakar Maḥamed was the last Walashma sultan to have any real power. |
| 10 | Garad Abun Adashe | 1519–1525 | Successor to Maḥamed Abūbakar Maḥfūẓ and the Karanle party of the struggle for the throne. |
| 11 | Sulṭān ʿUmarDīn Maḥamed | 1526–1553 | Son of Maḥamed ʿAsharadDīn, Imām Aḥmed Gurēy put Maḥamed ʿAsharadDīn's young son ʿUmarDīn on the throne as puppet king in Imām Aḥmed Gurēy's capital at Harar. This essentially is the end of the Walashma dynasty as a ruling dynasty in all but name, though the dynasty hobbled on in a de jure capacity. Many king lists don't even bother with Walashma rulers after this and just list Imām Aḥmed Gurēy and then Amīr Nūr Mujahid. |
| 12 | Sulṭān ʿAli ʿUmarDīn | 1553–1555 | Son of ʿUmarDīn Maḥamed |
| 13 | Sulṭān Barakat ʿUmarDīn | 1555–1559 | Son of ʿUmarDīn Maḥamed, last of the Walashma Sultans, assisted Amīr Nūr Mujahid in his attempt to retake Dawaro. He was killed defending Harar from Emperor Gelawdewos' forces, ending the dynasty. |
Family tree
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[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]References
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Works cited
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]- Enrico Cerulli: Documenti arabi per la storia dell'Etiopia. In: Memorie della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. 6. Jahrgang, Nr. 4, 1931, OCLC 4178469, S. 39–101.
Further reading
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]- Kifleyesus, Abbebe (2006). Tradition and Transformation: The Argobba of Ethiopia. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 84. Vorlage:ISBN.
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