Barakāt ibn ʿUmar Dīn Arabic: بركات بن عمر الدين | |
Reign: | 1555–1559 |
Succession: | Sultan of Adal Sultanate |
Predecessor: | Ali ibn Umar Din (1553–1555) |
Successor: | Nur ibn Mujahid (1559–1567) |
Dynasty: | Walashmaʿ dynasty |
Death Date: | 1559 |
Death Place: | Harar |
Religion: | Islam |
Barakāt ibn ʿUmar Dīn (Arabic: بركات بن عمر الدين), reigned 1555–1559, was a nominal sultan of the Sultanate of Adal in the Horn of Africa. A son of Umar Din and a brother of Ali ibn Umar Din, he was the last known member of the Walashma dynasty to rule Adal.[1]
In 1555, Barakat and Ali Jamal ibn al-Imam Ahmad led an army into Dawaro with the intent of taking it from the Ethiopians. However, he was defeated by the Governor of Dawaro. When Nur ibn Mujahid invaded the Ethiopian Empire in 1559, sultan Barakat held Harar against the army of Hamalmal, who had been sent there by his cousin, Emperor Gelawdewos. Dejazmatch Hamalmal and Ras Fasil killed him and sacked the city.[2] [3]