Ahmed ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
| Ahmad ibn Ibrahim | |
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| Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate | |
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| Reign | c. 1527 – February 21, 1543 |
| Predecessor | Mahfuz |
| Successor | Nur ibn Mujahid |
| Born | c. 1506 Hubat, Adal Sultanate |
| Died | February 21, 1543 Wayna Daga |
| Spouse | Bati del Wambara |
| Issue | Mohammad ibn Ahmad |
| House | Walashma dynasty |
| Religion | Islam |
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (Somali: Axmad Ibraahim al-Gaasi, Harari: አሕመድ ኢቢን ኢብራሂም አል ጋዚ, "Acmad Ibni Ibrahim Al-Gaazi" Afar, Arabic: أحمد بن إبراهيم الغازي ) "the Conqueror" (c. 1506 – February 21, 1543) was an Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate who fought against the Abyssinian empire and defeated several Abysinian Emperors. With the help of an army mainly composed of Somalis, the Harla people,Afars, Hararis and a small number of Arabs and Ottoman Turks, Imam Ahmad (nicknamed Gurey in Somali, "Gura" in Afar and Gragn in Amharic (ግራኝ Graññ), all meaning "the left-handed"), embarked on a conquest which brought three-quarters of Abyssinia (modern day Ethiopia) under the power of the Muslim Sultanate of Adal during the Abyssinian-Adal War from 1529-43.
Imam Ahmad is regarded by most scholars as an ethnic Somali. However, few historians have disputed his ethnicity, with Ahmad sometimes interpreted as being a Harari Many Somali clans played a strong role in Gurey's conquest of Abyssinia, however these clans went to war not so much as Somalis but as Muslims."
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