| LC control no. | no2009018765 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ghazi, approximately 1506-1543 |
| Variant(s) | Ghazi, Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-, approximately 1506-1543 ʼAḥmad ʼIbrāhim, approximately 1506-1543 Aḥmad Grāñ, approximately 1506-1543 ʼAḥmad ʼAlqāzi, approximately 1506-1543 ʼAḥmad ʼibn ʼIbrāhīm ʼAlqāzi, approximately 1506-1543 Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ġāzī, approximately 1506-1543 Aḥmad bin Ibrāhīm al-Ghāzī, approximately 1506-1543 Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ghazi, approximately 1506-approximately 1543 Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ghazi, ca. 1506-ca. 1543 Aḥmed ben Ibrahim el-Ghâzi, approximately 1506-1543 Ahmad Gragn, approximately 1506-1543 Ahmad Guray, approximately 1506-1543 Guray, Ahmad, approximately 1506-1543 Axmad Gurey, approximately 1506-1543 Gurey, Axmad, approximately 1506-1543 Axmed Ibraahim al-Qaasi, approximately 1506-1543 Axmed Gurey, approximately 1506-1543 |
| Associated country | Ethiopia |
| Associated place | Horn of Africa |
| Birth date | 1506~ |
| Death date | 1543-02-21 |
| Found in | Tašoma Berhānu Kamāl. ʼImām ʼAḥmad ʼIbrāhim (ʼAḥmad Grāñ), 2008: p. 64 (ʼImām ʼAḥmad ʼAlqāzi) p. 65 (ʼAḥmad ʼibn ʼIbrāhīm ʼAlqāzi (Grāñ)) Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, 2003 (Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ġāzī; Aḥmad bin Ibrāhīm al-Ghāzī [rom. from Arabic]; b. ca. 1506, d. ca. 1543; known also as [Ahmad] Grañ or Gragn) Dictionary of African biography, 1977: v. 1, p. 46 (Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm; 1506-1543; nicknamed Grāñ, meaning left-handed) Arabfaquih, S. Conquest of Abyssinia, 2003: p. xvii (Aḥmad bin Ibrahim - Aḥmad Grañ, or the Left-handed) Arabfaquih, S. Histoire de la conquête de l'Abyssinie, 1897-1901: p. 5 (l'imâm Aḥmed ben Ibrahim el-Ghâzi) Hist. dict. of Ethiopia, 2004 (Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al Ghazi (1506-1543); also known as Gran the Left-Handed) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed October 26, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database (Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi; Ahmad ibn Ibrahim; Ahmad Gragn; Ahmad Guray; political figure, foreign military officer; born c.1506; led an Islamic revivalist movement motivated by the spirit of anti-Ethiopian jihad (1525); led his Islamic armies into Ethiopia, conquering Shewa (1529), Amhara (1531) and Tigray (1535); enjoyed the support of Islamic scholars in Mecca and benefited from military aid sent by the Ottomans; the combined Christian force was initially beaten and the Portuguese leader, Christopher da Gama was beheaded by him (1542); he was killed in the battle of Zantara (1543); his legacy as the guardian of Islamic pride and resistance to Ethiopian-Christian domination was recycled mainly by Somali nationalists who refer to him as Ahmad Guray; died 21 February 1543) Cabdiraxmaan Khaldir Shariif Cali. Imaam Axmad Gurey, 2021 Wikipedia, July 11, 2022 (Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (Somali: Axmed Ibraahim al-Qaasi or Axmed Gurey) was an imam and general of the Adal Sultanate. Imam Ahmad (nicknamed Gurey in Somali, Gura in Afar and Gragn in Amharic, all meaning "the left-handed"), who conquered the Ethiopian Empire under the Sultanate of Adal during the Ethiopian-Adal War) |
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