Alimirah Hanfere

Sultan Alimirah Hanfere (sometimes written as Hanfare) (c. 1921 – April 24, 2011) was an Afar ruler. He was the most recent Sultan of the Aussa Sultanate, an Afar state which existed in present-day eastern Ethiopia.^[1]

Biography

Hanfere was a member of the royal Mudaito Dynasty that governed the Aussa Sultanate from 1734 onwards, following the ascension to the throne of Kedafu.

Hanfere was a political exile during Ethiopia's Derg military junta, but returned from Saudi Arabia in 1991 following the regime's collapse. The Ethiopian Review described him as a "leader of the Afar ethnic community in eastern Ethiopia" and "a staunch advocate of Ethiopia’s unity."^[1]

Sultan Alimirah died on April 24, 2011, at approximately the age of 95. He was buried in the northeastern town of Asaita, the former capital of the Afar Region.^[1]

His son Hanfadhe Alimirah Hanfadhe was enthroned as his successor and new sultan of Aussa in November 2011 in Asaita near the ancient Aussa oasis. Prominent Afar leaders^[who?] claimed him being the new "sultan of Afar", but it is doubtful that the other seven autonomous Afar sultans in Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea recognize his authority.^{[verification needed]}

References

External links

• Walta Information Center: Afar’s spiritual leader dies at the age of 91
• Ethiopian Review: In memory of Ethiopian patriot, Sultan Alimirah

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