Sheikh Hussein | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Sheikh_Hussein.jpg) Sheikh Hussein's shrine in the town of Sheikh Hussein. | |
| Born | |
| Died | Sheikh Hussein, Ethiopia |
| Occupation | Scholar |
| Title | Sheikh |
Sheikh Hussein was a 13th-century Somali Muslim proselytizer who lived in Ethiopia and was from the famous port town of Merca in Somalia, one of the power jurisdictions and cultural centers of the Ajuran Sultanate. He is now honored as a saint. [1][2]
- ^ Gish, Steven; Thay, Winnie; Latif, Zawiah Abdul (April 2007). Ethiopia. Marshall Cavendish. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-7614-2025-5. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ^ Reese, Scott S. (2000). "Review of Saints and Somalis: Popular Islam in a Clan-Based Society". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 63 (2): 324–325. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00007606. ISSN 0041-977X. JSTOR 1559579. S2CID 231794703.