Abadir Umar ar-Rida

Sheikh Abaadir Umar Al-Rida (Harari: አባዲር ዑመር አል-ሪዳ ፈቂ ዑመር, Somali: Abaadir Umar Al-Rida, Arabic: الفقيه ابادر عمر الرضا), also known as Aw Abadir or Aw Badir was the legendary founder of Harar and a patron saint in modern-day eastern Ethiopia. The modern Harari people regard him as their common ancestor, as does the Somali Sheekhal clan.

History

Aw Abadir is the main figure in the Fath Madinat Al Harar, an unpublished history of Harar in the 13th century. According to the account, he along with several other religious leaders traveled to Harar from the Hijaz region of present-day Saudi Arabia in 612H (1216 AD). Sheikh Umar Al-Rida subsequently married a local Harari woman, and constructed the city's Jamia mosque.

Places

• Aw Abadir Stadium, proposed stadium in Harar city
• Abadir mosque, largest mosque in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abadir is also avillage found in metehara oromia region. te village was named after a Sheki who came from arab and settled in harar ethiopia .

See also

• Emirate of Harar
• Siddiqis in the Horn of Africa

Notes

References

• Michael Belaynesh, Stanisław Chojnacki, Richard Pankhurst, The Dictionary of Ethiopian Biography: From early times to the end of the Zagwé dynasty c. 1270 A.D, (Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University: 1975)

External links

• Emir Sheikh Abadir Musa Warwaje’le

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