Sidi Mohammed

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Sidi Mohammed
Garad
Governor of Hadiya
Reignearly 1600s
Born Hadiya Sultanate
ReligionIslam
Occupationstate leader

Sidi Mohammed was the Garad (chief) of the Hadiya Sultanate in the beginning of the seventeenth century. [1] [2] He is considered a descendant of some of the Silt'e clan originators as well as the founder of Halaba ethnic group. [3] [4] [5]

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Political career

Garad Sidi is known for defeating the soldiers of Abyssinian emperor Susenyos I at the Battle of Hadiya in the 1600s. [6] [7] [8]

See also

Aze, sixteenth century leader of Hadiya

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