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Umar Walasma
Umar Walasma was the founder of the Walashma dynasty and of the Sultanate of Ifat in the eastern highlands of Shewa, Ethiopia. Claiming Arab descent, he conquered the old Sultanate of Shewa in 1285 and absorbed it, creating a Muslim state on the trade routes between the highlands and the port of Zeila. His descendants later ruled the Adal Sultanate.
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