Shams ad-Din ibn Muhammad (reigned 1472–1487) 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:...

 and a son of Muhammad ibn Badlay

Muhammad ibn Badlay

Muhammad ibn Badlay was a Sultan of the Sultanate of Adal. He was the son of Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din.-Reign:The Arab writer al-Tagrebirdi reports that Sultan Muhammed sent an embassy to Cairo in 1452, which may have been an unsuccessful appeal for help against Ethiopia...

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Reign

During Shams ad-Din's reign, an army of 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...

 Eskender

Eskender

Eskender was of Ethiopia , and a member of the Solomonic dynasty...

 invaded Adal (around 1479-1480) and seized Dakkar

Dakkar

Dakkar was one of the capitals of the Adal Sultanate. G.W.B. Huntingford suggests that it might be the same as the modern Chinhahsan, which is located at the edge of the Marar plain 15 miles NW of Jijiga....

, destroying houses and places of worship; however, on its return home the Adal forces ambushed the Ethiopian army and inflicted heavy casualties. As a result, no further expeditions were sent against Adal by the Ethiopians until the reign of Emperor Na'od

Na'od

Na'od was of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the second son of Baeda Maryam and his second wife Kalyupe , and was born at Gabarge....

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