Muhammad ibn Badlay (reigned 1445–1471) was a Sultan

Sultan

Sultan is a title with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", and "dictatorship", derived from the masdar سلطة , meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain rulers who...

 of the Sultanate of Adal

Adal Sultanate

The Adal Sultanate or the Kingdom of Adal was a medieval multi-ethnic Muslim state located in the Horn of Africa.-Overview:...

. He was the son of Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din

Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din

Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din II was a Sultan of the Sultanate of Adal and a son of Sa'ad ad-Din II.-Reign:...

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Reign

The Arab writer al-Tagrebirdi reports that Sultan Muhammed sent an embassy to Cairo

Cairo

Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...

 in 1452, which may have been an unsuccessful appeal for help against Ethiopia. In any case, Sultan Muhammad reversed the policy of his predecessors, making a truce with the Emperor of Ethiopia

Emperor of Ethiopia

The Emperor of Ethiopia was the hereditary ruler of Ethiopia until the abolition of the monarchy in 1974. The Emperor was the head of state and head of government, with ultimate executive, judicial and legislative power in that country...

 Baeda Maryam

Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia

Baeda Maryam was of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty...

, and during his reign lived in peace with the Ethiopians.