{"id":"ahmad-ibn-ibrahim-al-ghazi","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmad-ibn-ibrahim-al-ghazi","language":"en","name":"Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi","name_en":"Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi","name_ne":null,"description":"16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate","headline":"16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi was the Imam of the Adal Sultanate from 1527 to 1543. Commonly named ግራኝ አህመድ 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 often referred to as the \"King of Zeila\" in medieval texts.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1506","date":"1506"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335728#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Harari Region","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1033855"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335728#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"21 February 1543","date":"1543-02-21"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335728#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Bahir Dar","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464699"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335728#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Somalia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1045"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335728#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"sovereign","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2304859"},{"text":"imam","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125482"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335728#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Bati del Wambara","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15322902","page":"https://diginpl.com/people/bati-del-wambara"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335728#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Sultan of Harar (1526–1543)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41878905","start":"1526","end":"1543"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335728#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_ibn_Ibrahim_al-Ghazi","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335728"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi born?","a":"Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi was born on 1506 in Harari Region."},{"q":"What positions has Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi held?","a":"Positions held by Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi include: Sultan of Harar (1526–1543)."}],"related":[{"name":"Nur ibn Mujahid","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nur-ibn-mujahid"},{"name":"Abbas II of Persia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abbas-ii-of-persia"},{"name":"Abdul Hamid I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-hamid-i"},{"name":"Abdul Hamid II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-hamid-ii"},{"name":"Abdülmecid I","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdulmecid-i"},{"name":"Abraham Vita de Cologna","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abraham-vita-de-cologna"},{"name":"Abu Abdallah Muhammad V al-Hasan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abu-abdallah-muhammad-v-al-hasan"},{"name":"Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abu-bakr-al-baghdadi"},{"name":"Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abu-ibrahim-al-hashimi-al-qurashi"},{"name":"Acamapichtli","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/acamapichtli"},{"name":"Achillas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/achillas"},{"name":"Adil Shah Suri","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/adil-shah-suri"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/ahmad-ibn-ibrahim-al-ghazi-2ba1bdaa41.jpg","width":396,"height":450,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Somali government","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gragne.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_ibn_Ibrahim_al-Ghazi","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q335728","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335728","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Gragne.jpg by Somali government (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gragne.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Gragne.jpg — Somali government, Public domain.","cite":"\"Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi\". DigiNepal. Last updated 5 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/ahmad-ibn-ibrahim-al-ghazi. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-05T08:55:08Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmad-ibn-ibrahim-al-ghazi","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmad-ibn-ibrahim-al-ghazi","ne":null}}