Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad أبو بكر بن محمد | |
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Adal Sultanate | |
Reign | 1525–1526 |
Predecessor | Garad Abun Adashe (1518–1520) |
Successor | Umar Din (1526–1553) |
Dynasty | Walashmaʿ dynasty |
Religion | Islam |
Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad (Arabic: أبو بكر بن محمد), reigned 1525–1526, was a sultan of the Sultanate of Adal in the Horn of Africa. The historian Richard Pankhurst credits Abu Bakr with founding the city of Harar,[1] which he made his military headquarters in 1520. He was of Harari background.[2]