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Nasir ibn Uthman

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Nasir ibn Uthman
ناصر بن عثمان
Sultan
Sultan of the Adal Sultanate
Reign1571–1573
PredecessorTahla Abbas
SuccessorMuhammad ibn Nasir
Died1573
FatherUthman the Abyssinian
ReligionSunni Islam

Nasir ibn Uthman (Arabic: ناصر بن عثمان) was the sultan of the Sultanate of Adal in the Horn of Africa.[1]

The son of Uthman the Abyssinian, Nasir was brought to power through a coup by a militaristic party who longed for a Second Conquest of Abyssinia. Upon his death in 1573, his son, Muhammad ibn Nasir ibn Uthman took his place followed him as sultan[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Spencer Trimingham, John (1952). Islam in Ethiopia. Oxford: Oxford University Press. OCLC 458382994. p. 96, note 4.
  2. ^ Pankhurst, Richard (1997). The Ethiopian Borderlands Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century. Red Sea Press. p. 374. ISBN 9780932415196.
  3. ^ History of Harar (PDF). p. 106.
  4. ^ Trimmingham, John Spencer (1952). Islam in Ethiopia. p. 96.