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Identification
Aḥmad b. Abī Bakr
أحمد بن أبي يكر
Titles: amīr; sulṭān of Harar
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Biographic comments
Aḥmad was the son and successor of amīr Abū Bakr b. ʻAbd al-Mannān. Aḥmad was the ruling amīr of Harar when the British explorer Richard F. Burton visited the city in 1855. Burton described his visit in the book First Footsteps in East Africa.
Amīr Aḥmad commissioned the writing of Daftar taqwīm al-iḥsāʼ aʻnī al-istātistīk al-harariyya (AAIE00290).
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- Person Son of Abū Bakr b. ʻAbd al-Mannān / أبو بكر بن عبد المنّان
- Place Place of activity Harar, East Hararge Zone (independent), ET
Bibliographical references
- Tedeschi, Salvatore - L'emirato di Harar second... on page 496-497
- Harär Town and Its Neighbours in the Nineteenth... on page 377 et seq.
- Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, volume 1, A-C: 154-155 on page 154-155
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- Mentionedدفتر تقويم الاحساء اعنى الاستاتستيك الهرريةDaftar taqwīm al-iḥsāʼ aʻnī al-istātistīk al-harariyya