Abadir
ibn Musa ibn Warwa’Jecle (Somali: Abaadir
Muuse Warwa ajecle) dubbed as the principal patron saint and first Emir of
Harar,the Abyssinians (Ethiopians) first gained a footing there.
Abadir with a group of companions entered Harar in the mid-13th century with the primary purpose of proselytizing the local inhabitants. After marrying a Harari woman, he subsequently built the famous mosque, known as the Jamia site, which until this day stands tall albeit renovated.
After years of preaching, he instructed the converted local tribes to elect one of his companions as their leader, an direct instruction that agitated and ignited the non-Muslim tribes to take up arms, due fear of Islam’s rapid expansion.
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