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Identification
Yūsuf ibn ʻUmar Imām al-Ḥabaša
يوسف بن عمر امام الحبشة
Titles: imām
Dates
Biographic comments
Possibly identical with the hereditary ruler of Garfa, whom Muḥammad Šafī met in late 18th century and who enthusiastically supported Muḥammad Šafī's plans to revive and propagate Islam.
He is mentioned in the owner's mark of ʻAbd al-Nāṣir b. al-Šayḫ Yāsīn b. Kabīr ʻῙsā b. ʻUmar.
Additional information
References
- Person Ṣuḥba ʻAbd al-Nāṣir b. al-Šayḫ Yāsīn b. Kabīr ʻῙsā b. ʻUmar / عبد الناصر بن الشيخ يس بن كبير عيسى بن عمر
Bibliographical references
- Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, volume 3, He-O: 1057 on page 1057