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Identification
Titles: Sulṭān
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Biographic comments
From the Modayto dynasty. He was the Sultan of Awsa from 1944 to his death. He had a limited political authority but a great local influence, being the cultural and spiritual leader of the Afar people. He is especially remembered for his contribution to agricultural innovation and for the infrastructural development of the region, attracting foreign investiments. He is also very admired outside Afar region for his patriotism, his support to Ethiopian unity, and his resistence to the Derg regime, which led him to flee to Saudi Arabia in 1975.
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References
Bibliographical references
- Dictionnaire historique afar (1288-1982): 72 on page 72
- Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, volume 1, A-C: 407a on page 407a
- Les Afars, le révolution éthiopienne et le régi... on page
- Deux vies dans l'historie dela Corne de l'Afriq... on page
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- Father ofمحمد بن علي مراحMuḥammad b. ʻAlī Mirāḥ