Shihab al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Sālim ibn ʿUthmān
Shihab al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Sālim ibn ʿUthmān, most commonly known as Arab Faqīh, was an Arab writer of the chronicle "Futuh al-Habasha", a first hand account of the Ethiopian-Adal war in the sixteenth century.[1]
Biography
[edit]Arab Faqih was a citizen of the Adal Sultanate and a religious Sufi.[2][3] He is believed to be of Yemeni descent according to most scholars.[4][5][6] However other historians such as Enrico Cerulli state he was possibly of Harari background.[7]
Arab Faqih is notable for writing the "Futuh al-Habasha" which details the sixteenth century war between Adal and Abyssinia from the point of view of Harar residents.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Gori, Alessandro. Arab Faqīh. BRILL.
- ^ Wion, Anaïs (2023). Amélie Chekroun, La conquête de l’Ethiopie. Un jihad au xvie siècle (PDF). Paris, CNRS Èditions. p. 108.
- ^ Chekroun, Amelie. Des futūḥ au Futūḥ al-Ḥabaša : usage symbolique d’un modèle littéraire arabe classique dans l’Éthiopie islamique du xvie siècle. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
- ^ YaʼItyop̣yā qwānqwāwočenā sena ṣeḥuf maṣḥét. Addis Ababa University. p. 27.
- ^ Getahun, Solomon. Culture and Customs of Ethiopia. Bloomsbury Publishing.
- ^ Pankhurst, Richard. Barara, the Royal City of 15th and Early 16th Century (Ethiopia). Medieval and Other Early Settlements Between Wechecha Range and Mt Yerer: Results from a Recent Survey. Annales d'Éthiopie. p. 214.
- ^ Cerulli, Enrico. Islam yesterday and today. p. 134.
- ^ Chekroun, Amelie. Ottomans, Yemenis and the “Conquest of Abyssinia” (1531-1543). Centre français des études éthiopiennes.