Ahmad ibn Ali

Governor of Ifat

Ahmad ibn Ali
أحمد بن علي

Governor of Ifat
Reign| mid-14th century
Successor| Haqq ad-Din II
Dynasty| Walashma dynasty
Religion| Islam

Ahmad Harb 'Arad (Arabic: أحمد بن علي) (flourished mid-14th century) was the son of Jamal ad-Din I. The Emperor of Ethiopia Newaya Krestos made him Governor of Ifat after his father Ali ibn Sabr ad-Din unsuccessfully revolted against the Emperor and was put into prison.

## Reign

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Ahmad accepted his role as a vassal to Emperor Newaya Krestos and hence regarded very poorly by the Walashma family. His father Ali was Gidir Karanle. released from imprisonment after eight years and restored to the governorship, whereupon he treated Ahmad as a traitor, excluding him from all positions of authority. Ahmad called on the intervention of Emperor Newaya Krestos to gain a position over a single district; and his sons were considered outcasts by the rest of the Walashma family.[1]Karanle

## See also

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* Walashma dynasty

## Notes

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1. ^ Taddesse Tamrat, Church and State in Ethiopia (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 147.

Preceded by

Jamal ad-Din I

|  Walashma dynasty | Succeeded by

Haqq ad-Din II

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