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Jamāl al-Dīn Muhammad II (d. 1432), the Sultan of Ādal Dynasty of North Somalia was popular for being extremely pious in his religion, severe to his enemies and wielded equal justice to criminals.
He and the Ethiopian emperor Yeshaq I or Isaac (d.1429) were contemporaries. They fought each other for sometime and sometimes Jamāl al-Dīn would win and sometimes Yeshaq would win. Eventually it lead to Yeshaq being killed in battle. This constant fighting lead to numerous Amhara slaves being populated in the Hijaz, Persia, India, Hormuz, Egypt and Sham.
His justice was so encompassing that all feared its consequence, be they royal, common, rich, poor, serviceman or laymen alike. His rule was least corrupt and crime was barely heard of.
al-Maqrīzi reports one case wherein the Sultan son while playing with other younger children strikes one and breaks his arm. After time passes the Sultan hears of the news and furious calls all involved to court. The Sultan asks the victims parents for desired sentence and they expressed that they have forgiven the matter. Nonetheless the Sultan then orders that his sons arm be broken there and then.
Everyone in attendance cries and asks for leniency but when no one seems to want to carry out the punishment, the Sultan grabbed an iron bar and broke his sons arm. While the boy was crying out and the court attendees likewise, the Sultan calmly approached his son and told him: "Feel now yourself what you made others feel."
He and the Ethiopian emperor Yeshaq I or Isaac (d.1429) were contemporaries. They fought each other for sometime and sometimes Jamāl al-Dīn would win and sometimes Yeshaq would win. Eventually it lead to Yeshaq being killed in battle. This constant fighting lead to numerous Amhara slaves being populated in the Hijaz, Persia, India, Hormuz, Egypt and Sham.
His justice was so encompassing that all feared its consequence, be they royal, common, rich, poor, serviceman or laymen alike. His rule was least corrupt and crime was barely heard of.
al-Maqrīzi reports one case wherein the Sultan son while playing with other younger children strikes one and breaks his arm. After time passes the Sultan hears of the news and furious calls all involved to court. The Sultan asks the victims parents for desired sentence and they expressed that they have forgiven the matter. Nonetheless the Sultan then orders that his sons arm be broken there and then.
Everyone in attendance cries and asks for leniency but when no one seems to want to carry out the punishment, the Sultan grabbed an iron bar and broke his sons arm. While the boy was crying out and the court attendees likewise, the Sultan calmly approached his son and told him: "Feel now yourself what you made others feel."