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  "ar": "الإمام أحمد جران",
  "en": "Imam Ahmad Gran"
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  "ar": "الإمام الجراد أحمد مجاهد بلاد الحبشة، في شذرات الذهب سنة أربع وثلاثين وتسع مئة أخذ مدينة هرر من بلاد الحبشة وضعف عن مقاومته سلطانها ولم يزل أمره يعظم حتى صار إلى ما صار إليه واستفتح كثيراً من بلاد الحبشة وقهر الكفار وواظب على الجهاد والغزو في سبيل الله ونقل عنه في ذلك ما يبهر العقول حتى قيل ما تشبه فتوحاته إلا فتوحات الصحابة وحكي من أمر شجاعته وإجراء أموره على قوانين الشريعة المطهرة شيء كثير {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 617}.",
  "en": "Imam Ahmad Gran of Harar — Shadharat records his seizure of Harar from the Abyssinian lands, his irresistible rise, the conquest of much of Abyssinia, and a jihad so wondrous 'it was said his conquests resemble only the Companions' conquests', all conducted on the paths of the shari'a {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 617}."
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   "source": "شذرات الذهب لابن العماد ص 617",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "الإمام أحمد جران، ويُعرف بالجراد، مجاهد بلاد الحبشة. يذكره ابن العماد في «شذرات الذهب». {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.617}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "عند ابن العماد",
     "markdown": "في سنة 934هـ أخذ مدينة هرر من بلاد الحبشة، وضعف سلطانها عن مقاومته. ولم يزل أمره يعظم حتى استفتح كثيراً من بلاد الحبشة، وواظب على الجهاد والغزو. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.617}\n\nينقل ابن العماد أنه قيل إن فتوحاته لا تشبه إلا فتوحات الصحابة، وأنه حُكي من شجاعته وإجراء أموره على قوانين الشريعة شيء كثير. هذه أقوال ابن العماد ومن نقل عنهم. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.617}\n\nلم تُسجل بعد الروايات الحبشية ولا الدراسات الحديثة. يحتاج إلى مصدر إضافي."
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    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "The imam Ahmad Gran, known as al-Jarad (the locust), a fighter for the lands of Abyssinia. Ibn al-Imad mentions him in *Shadharat al-Dhahab*. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.617}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "In Ibn al-Imad",
     "markdown": "In 934 AH he took the city of Harar in the lands of Abyssinia, and the power of its ruler was too weak to resist him. His affair grew greater until he conquered many lands of Abyssinia, and he persisted in holy war and raiding. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.617}\n\nIbn al-Imad relays that it was said his conquests resembled only those of the Companions, and that much was told of his courage and of his conduct of affairs according to the laws of the Sharia. These are the words of Ibn al-Imad and of those he relays from. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.617}\n\nThe Abyssinian accounts and modern studies are not yet recorded. It needs an additional source."
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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