Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Somalian general (born 1507)

Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi

16th century Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate

Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi was the Imam of the Adal Sultanate from 1527 to 1543. Commonly named Ahmed Gragn in Amharic and Gurey in Somali, both meaning the left-handed, he led the invasion and conquest of Abyssinia from the Sultanate of Adal during the Ethiopian–Adal War. He is…