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] [4] According to sixteenth century Adal writer Arab Faqīh, he was the Garad of Hubat.[5]
Political and military career
In the sixteenth century texts, Abu Bakr is described:[6]
He often accompanied the Malassay during the Ethiopian-Adal War.[7] Qecchin was a victim to the early Abyssinian invasion of Adal in which his mother was briefly captured at the Battle of Hubat.[8] 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.[9]
Notes and References
- Book: Hassan . Mohammed . Oromo of Ethiopia . University of London . 30 .
- Muth . Franz-Christoph . Allahs Netze: ʽArabfaqīhs Futūḥ al-Ḥabaša als Quelle für Netzwerkanalysen . 2001 . Annales d'Éthiopie . 17 . 118 . 10.3406/ethio.2001.993 .
- Book: Aspen . Harald . Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies Volume 1 . Norwegian University of Science and Technology . 43 .
- Book: Leslau . Wolf . Etymological Dictionary of Harari . University of California Press . 122 .
- 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: faqīh . Arab . The Conquest of Abyssinia 16th Century . 2003 . Tsehai Publishers & Distributors . 55 . 978-0-9723172-6-9 .
- Molvaer . Reidulf . The Tragedy of Emperor Libne-Dingil of Ethiopia (1508-1540) . Northeast African Studies . 1998 . 5 . 2 . Michigan State University Press . 31 . 10.1353/nas.1998.0011 . 41931161 .
- Book: Budge . E. A. . A History of Ethiopia: Volume I (Routledge Revivals): Nubia and Abyssinia . 1928 . 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 .
