Futà «h al-Habasha ("Conquest of the Abyssinia"), is the best-known work by the 16th-century Muslim writer Shihab al-Dën Aḥmad ibn ÿAbd al-QÃÂdir ibn SÃÂlim ibn ÿUthmÃÂn of Adal-era Harar.
Written in Arabic, the Futuh al-Habasha is a firsthand account of the Ethiopian-Adal war in the 1500s. It details the conquests made by the Adal Sultanate in modern-day north, central and southern Ethiopia. It was written by Arab Faqih, a participant in the Adal army.
The authors' informants who contributed to the collection of information for his work included Emir Hussain b. Abu Bakr al-Gaturi and Ahmad Din b. Khalad b. Hargaya Muhammad, among others. According to linguist Giorgio Banti the Futuh al-Habasha is commonly associated with Harari literature.
ShihÃÂb al-Dën Aḥmad ibn ÿAbd al-QÃÂdir ibn SÃÂlim ibn ÿUthmÃÂn, known as ÿArab Faqëh ("the Arab Jurist"), was a Sufi scholar and jurist active during the Adal Sultanate era.
A translation of Futà «á¸¥ al-Habasha in French was authored by René Basset (Paris, 1897).
The English edition was published by Tsehai Publishers & Distributors, translated by Paul Stenhouse and edited by Richard Pankhurst in 2003.