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Identification

Yūsuf ibn ʻUmar Imām al-Ḥabaša يوسف بن عمر امام الحبشة

Titles: imām

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Possibly identical with the hereditary ruler of Garfa, whom Muḥammad Šafī met in late 18th century and who enthusiastically supported Muḥammad Šafī's plans to revive and propagate Islam.

He is mentioned in the owner's mark of ʻAbd al-Nāṣir b. al-Šayḫ Yāsīn b. Kabīr ʻῙsā b. ʻUmar.

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