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] He was the Garad of Hubat.[3]

Political and militant career

He often accompanied the Malassay during the Ethiopian-Adal War.[4] Qecchin was a victim to the early Abyssinian invasion of Adal in which his mother was briefly captured at the Battle of Hubat.[5] 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.[6]

References

  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. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Molvaer, Reidulf. The Tragedy of Emperor Libne-Dingil of Ethiopia (1508-1540). Michigan State University Press. p. 31.
  5. ↑ Budge, E. A. A History of Ethiopia: Volume I (Routledge Revivals): Nubia and Abyssinia. Routledge. pp. 327–328.
  6. ↑ 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.
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