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Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi

1506 - 1543

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Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (Arabic: أحمد بن إبراهيم الغازي, Harari: አሕመድ ኢብራሂም አል-ጋዚ, Somali: Axmed Ibraahim al-Qaasi; c. 21 July 1506 – 10 February 1543) was the Imam of the Adal Sultanate from 1527 to 1543. Commonly named Ahmed Gragn in Amharic and Gurey in Somali, both meaning the left-handed, he led the invasion and conquest of Abyssinia from the Sultanate of Adal during the Ethiopian–Adal War. He is often referred to as the "King of Zeila" in medieval texts.: 79  Dubbed "The African Attila" by Orientalist Frederick A. Edwards,: 324  Imam Ahmed's conquests reached all the way to the borders of the Sultanate of Funj. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi is the 2,732nd most popular politician (up from 6,068th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Ethiopia (up from 16th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ranks 2,732 out of 19,576. Before him are Julia Minor, Ranavalona I, Taichang Emperor, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Gaykhatu, and Li Hongzhang. After him are Mario Beccaria, Eric XII of Sweden, Jehoram of Israel, Bolesław Bierut, Gennady Zyuganov, and Theobald I of Navarre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1506, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ranks 3. Before him are Francis Xavier, and Louis II of Hungary. After him are Peter Faber, Hwang Jini, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja, Juliana of Stolberg, George Buchanan, and Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz. Among people deceased in 1543, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ranks 4. Before him are Nicolaus Copernicus, Şehzade Mehmed, and Mary Boleyn. After him are Al-Mutawakkil III, Afonso I of Kongo, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Johann Eck, Quli Qutb Shah, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Maria Salviati, and Francesco Canova da Milano.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ranks 14 out of 105. Before him are Abraha (600), Tewodros II (1818), Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Ezana of Axum (325), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), and Onuphrius (320). After him are Abiy Ahmed (1976), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Amha Selassie (1916), Fasilides (1603), and Dawit II (1496).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ranks 11. Before him are Menelik I (-954), Yohannes IV (1837), Tewodros II (1818), Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937), Ezana of Axum (325), and Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895). After him are Abiy Ahmed (1976), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Amha Selassie (1916), Fasilides (1603), and Dawit II (1496).

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