Abu Bakr Qatin

Abu Bakr Qatin
Born15th Century
AllegianceAdal Sultanate
RankEmir
Battles / warsEthiopian–Adal War

Abu Bakr "the Slim" (Qaṭin) also known simply as Qaṭin sometimes spelt Qecchin or Katchthcen was a general in the Adal Sultanate under Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi.[1] Abubaker's sobriquet "Qaṭin" is derived from the Harari term for "thin".[2][3][4] According to sixteenth century Adal writer Arab Faqīh, he was the Garad of Hubat.[5]

Political and military career

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In the sixteenth century texts, Abu Bakr is described:[6]

the emir Abu Bakr nicknamed ‘Qatin’ which means ‘the gaunt’. He was from among those renowned for their courage, and among the rare horsemen whose exploits became proverbial.

— Arab Faqīh, Futuh Al-Habaša

He often accompanied the Malassay during the Ethiopian-Adal War.[7] Qecchin was a victim to the early Abyssinian invasion of Adal in which his mother was briefly captured at the Battle of Hubat.[8] Qecchin led the conquest of Wofla in modern Tigray region and Kanfat in southern Begemder, after which he was appointed governor of these respective regions by Adal.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Hassan, Mohammed. Oromo of Ethiopia (PDF). University of London. p. 30.
  2. ^ Muth, Franz-Christoph. Allahs Netze: ʽArabfaqīhs Futūḥ al-Ḥabaša als Quelle für Netzwerkanalysen. Annales d'Éthiopie. p. 118.
  3. ^ Aspen, Harald. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies Volume 1 (PDF). Norwegian University of Science and Technology. p. 43.
  4. ^ Leslau, Wolf. Etymological Dictionary of Harari. University of California Press. p. 122.
  5. ^ Chekroun, Amélie. Le" Futuh al-Habasa" : écriture de l’histoire, guerre et société dans le Bar Sa’ad ad-din (Ethiopie, XVIe siècle). l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. p. 423.
  6. ^ faqīh, Arab. The Conquest of Abyssinia 16th Century. Tsehai Publishers & Distributors. p. 55.
  7. ^ Molvaer, Reidulf. The Tragedy of Emperor Libne-Dingil of Ethiopia (1508-1540). Michigan State University Press. p. 31.
  8. ^ Budge, E. A. A History of Ethiopia: Volume I (Routledge Revivals): Nubia and Abyssinia. Routledge. pp. 327–328.
  9. ^ Chekroun, Amélie. Le" Futuh al-Habasa" : écriture de l’histoire, guerre et société dans le Bar Sa’ad ad-din (Ethiopie, XVIe siècle). l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. p. 336.