Emir Absama Nur
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| Born | 1510 |
| Died | 1543 |
| Nationality | Somalian |
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Absama Nur (early 1510's – 28 February 21, 1543), also known as Emir Absama Bin Nur bin Ali, was a senior Somali military commander and a Malassay who grew up in the court of Abun Adashe serving the Adal Sultanate at its height and rising to a Wali and then becoming Emir ruling multiple highland Abyssinian regions he subdued under the command of the sultanate.[1][2]
Death
Absama Nur is said to have been one of the last who stayed with the Imam until the very end. Consolidating power in the Ethiopian highlands interior whilst ruling over a vast territory from southern Nubia to the Dahlak Archipelago. He likely was killed or died of his wounds at the Battle of Wayna Daga.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Conquest of Abyssinia: 16th Century. 1974. ISBN 9780972317252.
- ↑ Pankhurst, Richard (1997). The Ethiopian Borderlands Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century. Red Sea Press. p. 192. ISBN 9780932415196.
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