Sabr ad-Din III
| Sabr ad-Din III الصبر الدين الثاني | |||||
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| 1st Sultan of Adal | |||||
| Predecessor | Sa'ad ad-Din II | ||||
| Successor | Mansur ad-Din | ||||
| Died | 1422 or 1423 | ||||
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| Dynasty | Walashma dynasty | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Sabr ad-Din III (Template:Lang-ar) (died 1422 or 1423) was a Sultan of Adal and the oldest son of Sa'ad ad-Din II. Sabr ad-Din returned to the Horn of Africa from Yemen to reclaim his father's realm. He defeated the Ethiopians and proclaimed himself "King of Adal". He subsequently became the first ruler and founder of the new Adal dynasty.
Reign
He returned from Arabia with ten horsemen, as well as military supplies provided by his family's patron Nasir Ahmad. Sabr ad-Din and his brothers made their way to a place called Sayara, where they were joined by a number of their fathers former followers. After which he fought against the Ethiopian Empire, winning some early victories before being soundly defeated by Emperor Yeshaq I.
Sabr-ad-Din soon died of natural death, in 1422-3[1][2]