Sabr ad-Din I
{{short description|Sultan of Ifat (fl. 1332)}}
{{Infobox monarch
| name = Sabr ad-Din I
صبر الدين الأول
| title = Emir of the Ifat Sultanate
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| reign = flourished 1332
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| full name = Sabr ad-Din I
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| dynasty = Walashma dynasty
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| death_date = 1332
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| father = Nahwi bin Mansur bin Umar Walashma
| religion = Islam
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Sabr ad-Din I ({{fl.|1332}}) was a sultan of Ifat. He was the son of Nahwi bin Mansur bin Umar Walashma and younger brother of Haqq ad-Din I.
Reign
Sabr ad-Din rallied his fellow Muslims in a counter-offensive in early 1332 against the Christian Ethiopians, he attacked christian garrisons, burned churches, enslaved the people and forced the clergy to convert to Islam.{{Cite book |last=Jewel |first=Lady |url= |title=Keeper of the Ark (a Moses Trilogy): For the Love of Moses, for the Children of Moses, for the Children of God |date= |publisher=WestBow Press |isbn= |pages=249 |language=en}} However, the chronicles of the King Amda Seyon I say he eventually got defeated in battle, Amde seyon then invaded a number of Islamic kingdoms, including Dawaro and Bale. This brought an end to the independent kingdoms of Hadiya, Fatagar, Dawaro and Ifat.J. Spencer Trimingham, Islam in Ethiopia (Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege for the University Press, 1952), p. 71.
Sabr ad-Din was captured with his ally, King Haydara of Dawaro, and the two were imprisoned together. The Emperor Amda Seyon appointed as his successor his brother, Jamal ad-Din I.Taddesse Tamrat, Church and State in Ethiopia (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 141.
See also
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{{s-aft|after=Jamal ad-Din I}}
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