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One source states that he had one daughter, Guisti Fatima. His daughter married his eventual successor [[Abu Bakr II ibn `Abd al-Munan]].<ref>[http://www.royalark.net/Ethiopia/harrar.htm Ethiopia: Adal & Harar], Royal Ark genealogies (accessed 6 April 2009)</ref> |
One source states that he had one daughter, Guisti Fatima. His daughter married his eventual successor [[Abu Bakr II ibn `Abd al-Munan]].<ref>[http://www.royalark.net/Ethiopia/harrar.htm Ethiopia: Adal & Harar], Royal Ark genealogies (accessed 6 April 2009)</ref> |
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[[Richard F. Burton]] relates an anecdote illustrating Harari relations with the neighboring [[Oromo people|Oromos]]. Emir Abd ar-Rahman's brother, Abd al-Karim, had recruited 60 or 70 Arab matchlockmen, under one Haydar Assal the Auliki, to fight against Oromo. The mercenaries ran out of ammunition, and losing twenty of their number retired to Harar. The Oromo captured Abd al-Karim and Abd Ar-Rahman, siezed the throne and with the aid of the inhabitants started to murder the Arab mercenaries. They, however, defended themselves and would have made Abd al-Rahman Emir, |
[[Richard F. Burton]] relates an anecdote illustrating Harari relations with the neighboring [[Oromo people|Oromos]]. Emir Abd ar-Rahman's brother, Abd al-Karim, had recruited 60 or 70 Arab matchlockmen, under one Haydar Assal the Auliki, to fight against Oromo. The mercenaries ran out of ammunition, and losing twenty of their number retired to Harar. The Oromo captured Abd al-Karim and Abd Ar-Rahman, siezed the throne and with the aid of the inhabitants started to murder the Arab mercenaries. They, however, defended themselves and would have made Abd al-Rahman Emir, had Abd ar-Rahman not declined their offer; the Arab mercenaries then drew their pay and marched off to [[Zeila]].<ref>Richard Burton, ''First Footsteps in East Africa'', 1856; edited with additional material by Gordon Waterfield (New York: Praeger, 1966), p. 189, note</ref> |
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`Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad (died 16 June 1825) was the Emir of Harar (1794 - 1820).
One source states that he had one daughter, Guisti Fatima. His daughter married his eventual successor Abu Bakr II ibn `Abd al-Munan.[1]
Richard F. Burton relates an anecdote illustrating Harari relations with the neighboring Oromos. Emir Abd ar-Rahman's brother, Abd al-Karim, had recruited 60 or 70 Arab matchlockmen, under one Haydar Assal the Auliki, to fight against Oromo. The mercenaries ran out of ammunition, and losing twenty of their number retired to Harar. The Oromo captured Abd al-Karim and Abd Ar-Rahman, siezed the throne and with the aid of the inhabitants started to murder the Arab mercenaries. They, however, defended themselves and would have made Abd al-Rahman Emir, had Abd ar-Rahman not declined their offer; the Arab mercenaries then drew their pay and marched off to Zeila.[2]
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Notes
- ^ Ethiopia: Adal & Harar, Royal Ark genealogies (accessed 6 April 2009)
- ^ Richard Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa, 1856; edited with additional material by Gordon Waterfield (New York: Praeger, 1966), p. 189, note
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