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Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad

d. 1526 · 16th century

Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad was a sultan of the Walashma dynasty of the Adal Sultanate in the early sixteenth century. During the ascendancy of Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, he was kept on the throne as a nominal figurehead while real power lay with the imam. He was later succeeded in that role by his brother Umar Din.

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