Bati del Wambara

Bati del Wambara
Emira of the Adal Sultanate
Tenuremid-16th century
HusbandImam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim (d. 1543)
Emir Nur ibn Mujahid (m. 1552)
IssueMuhammad
Ahmad
A daughter
FatherMahfuz
ReligionIslam

Bati del Wambara fl. 1531, (Harari: ባቲ ዲል ወምበረ, lit. victory is her seat)[1] was the Harari[2] wife of the 16th-century general, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim, and then his successor, Nur ibn Mujahid. She was extremely influential in shaping both her husbands' military policies in their campaigns against the Ethiopian Empire.[3][4]

  1. ^ Rita Pankhurst - Women of Power in Ethiopia: Struggle and Loss Archived 2015-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Baynes-Rock, Marcus (21 September 2015). Among the Bone Eaters. Penn State Press. ISBN 9780271074047. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  3. ^ Castanhoso, Miguel de (1902). Whiteway, R.S. (ed.). The Portuguese expedition to Abyssinia in 1541-1543 as narrated by Castanhoso. London: Redford Press. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference adugna was invoked but never defined (see the help page).