Abu Bakr Qatin Explained
Abu Bakr "the Slim" (Qaṭin) also known simply as Qaṭin sometimes spelt Qecchin or Katchthcen was a general in the Adal Sultanate under Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi.[1] Abubaker's sobriquet "Qaṭin" is derived from the Harari term for "thin".[2] [3] He was the Garad of Hubat.[4]
Political and militant career
He often accompanied the Malassay during the Ethiopian-Adal War.[5] Qecchin was a victim to the early Abyssinian invasion of Adal in which his mother was briefly captured at the Battle of Hubat.[6] Qecchin led the conquest of Wofla in modern Tigray region and Kanfat in southern Begemder, after which he was appointed governor of these respective regions by Adal.[7]
Notes and References
- Book: Hassan . Mohammed . Oromo of Ethiopia . University of London . 30 .
- Book: Muth . Franz-Christoph . Allahs Netze: ʽArabfaqīhs Futūḥ al-Ḥabaša als Quelle für Netzwerkanalysen . Annales d'Éthiopie . 118 .
- Book: Aspen . Harald . Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies Volume 1 . Norwegian University of Science and Technology . 43 .
- Book: Chekroun . Amélie . Le" Futuh al-Habasa" : écriture de l’histoire, guerre et société dans le Bar Sa’ad ad-din (Ethiopie, XVIe siècle). . l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne . 423 .
- Book: Molvaer . Reidulf . The Tragedy of Emperor Libne-Dingil of Ethiopia (1508-1540) . Michigan State University Press . 31 .
- Book: Budge . E. A. . A History of Ethiopia: Volume I (Routledge Revivals): Nubia and Abyssinia . Routledge . 327–328 .
- Book: Chekroun . Amélie . Le" Futuh al-Habasa" : écriture de l’histoire, guerre et société dans le Bar Sa’ad ad-din (Ethiopie, XVIe siècle). . l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne . 336 .
