`Abd al-Shakur ibn Yusuf
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Ahmad I ibn Abi Bakr was Emir of Harar
(1755–1782). In the first years of his reign, the Emir went with a
friend to the Jarso and Nole Oromo, taking bales of sheetings for the first time to these Oromo in order to civilize them. He was the first Emir of Harar to give the neighboring Oromo gifts, which may have been a subsidy to free the way for salt and other goods which must have arrived through their territories.
Another example of his efforts to "civilize" the Oromo was his construction of a shrine to the Baghdadi saint `Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani near the tomb of Sheikh Hussein
, which lies to the south deep in the territory of the Oromo people
.
Harar
Harar is an eastern city in Ethiopia, and the capital of the modern Harari ethno-political division of Ethiopia...
(1755–1782). In the first years of his reign, the Emir went with a
friend to the Jarso and Nole Oromo, taking bales of sheetings for the first time to these Oromo in order to civilize them. He was the first Emir of Harar to give the neighboring Oromo gifts, which may have been a subsidy to free the way for salt and other goods which must have arrived through their territories.
Another example of his efforts to "civilize" the Oromo was his construction of a shrine to the Baghdadi saint `Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani near the tomb of Sheikh Hussein
Sheikh Hussein
Sheikh Hussein is a village in south-eastern Ethiopia. Located in the Bale Zone of the Oromia Region, it has a longitude and latitude of with an elevation of 1386 meters above sea level...
, which lies to the south deep in the territory of the Oromo people
Oromo people
The Oromo are an ethnic group found in Ethiopia, northern Kenya, .and parts of Somalia. With 30 million members, they constitute the single largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and approximately 34.49% of the population according to the 2007 census...
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