Bati del Wambara

Bati del Wambara (fl. 1531, literally Victory is her seat)[1] was the Harari[2] daughter of Mahfuz, Emir of Harar in Ethiopia and later Governor of Zeila. She married Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi and accompanied him in his jihad[3] to make Ethiopia a Muslim province.[1] During this expedition, she gave birth to two sons - Muhammad in 1531 and Ahmad in 1533.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rita Pankhurst - Women of Power in Ethiopia: Struggle and Loss
  2. ↑ Baynes-Rock, Marcus. Among the Bone Eaters. Penn State Press. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Sihab ad-Din Ahmad, in his Futuh al-Habasa (translated by Paul Lester Stenhouse with annotations by Richard Pankhurst [Hollywood: Tsehai, 2003]) consistently uses the word "Jihad" to refer to Ahmad Gragn's conquest of Ethiopia.


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