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Bati del Wambara

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Bati del Wambara (Harari: ባቲ ዲል ወምባራ)(fl. 1531, literally Victory is her seat) was the Harari daughter of Mahfuz, Emir of Harar in Ethiopia and later Governor of Zeila. She married Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi and accompanied him in his jihad to make Ethiopia a Muslim province. During this expedition, she gave birth to two sons - Muhammad in 1531 and Ahmad in 1533.

After Imam ibn Ibrahim's death, she married the successive Emir of Adal, Nur ibn Mujahid. This was a political mariage aiming to enforce Nur's legitimacy. She is supposed to have pushed him into reviving the jihad in order to avenge the death of the Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim

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