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Sa'd al-Din, king of Abyssinia

سعد الدين ملك الحبشة

c. 1403 CE · 805 AH

King of Abyssinia — succeeded his brother Nur al-Din and walked his path in jihad till martyred in 805 1.

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Roles
sultan
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
East Africa & Swahili coast
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Baqi Yazdi · Abd al-Karim al-Jili · Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi · Abd Allah ibn Miqdad al-Aqfahsi · Abu Zayyan Muhammad V, Marinid Sultan

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    Sunni (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Overview

    Sa'd al-Din, king of Abyssinia; he settled in the kingdom after his brother Nur al-Din and walked his path in jihad against Islam's enemies until he was martyred in 805 1.

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 55
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    islam.museum contributors. “Sa'd al-Din, king of Abyssinia”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sad-al-din-malik-al-habasha/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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