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Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi

1506 - 1543

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Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (Arabic: أحمد بن إبراهيم الغازي, Harari: አሕመድ ኢብራሂም አል-ጋዚ, Somali: Axmed Ibraahim al-Qaasi; c. 21 July 1506 – 10 February 1543) was the Imam of the Adal Sultanate from 1527 to 1543. Commonly named Ahmed Gragn in Amharic and Gurey in Somali, both meaning the left-handed, he led the invasion and conquest of Abyssinia from the Sultanate of Adal during the Ethiopian-Adal War. He is often referred to as the "King of Zeila" in medieval texts.: 79  Dubbed "The African Attila" by Orientalist Frederick A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi has received more than 546,775 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi is the 5,128th most popular politician (down from 4,862nd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Somalia and the 3rd most popular Somali Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ranks 5,128 out of 15,577. Before him are Andrés Nin Pérez, Shigechiyo Izumi, Ri Chun-hee, Dino Grandi, Bahadur Shah I, and Bermudo II of León. After him are René Barrientos, Cus D'Amato, Louis I, Prince of Monaco, Emperor Fushimi, Pierre Mauroy, and Ivan Maisky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1506, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ranks 5. Before him are Francis Xavier, Louis II of Hungary, Hwang Jini, and Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset. After him are Peter Faber, Juliana of Stolberg, Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja, and George Buchanan. Among people deceased in 1543, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ranks 7. Before him are Nicolaus Copernicus, Şehzade Mehmed, Mary Boleyn, Afonso I of Kongo, Al-Mutawakkil III, and Johann Eck. After him are George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Maria Salviati, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Francesco Canova da Milano, Polidoro da Caravaggio, and Melchior Hoffman.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ranks 4 out of 50. Before him are Mohamed Farrah Aidid (1934), Siad Barre (1919), and Waris Dirie (1965). After him are Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Iman (1955), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934), Aden Adde (1908), Abdirashid Shermarke (1919), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), and Muse Bihi Abdi (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Somalia

Among politicians born in Somalia, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ranks 3. Before him are Mohamed Farrah Aidid (1934) and Siad Barre (1919). After him are Hassan Gouled Aptidon (1916), Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934), Aden Adde (1908), Abdirashid Shermarke (1919), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), and Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (1962).

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