- Badi IV
Badi IV (
1724 -1762 ), also known as Badi abuShilluk , was a ruler of theKingdom of Sennar .When Emperor
Iyasu II of Ethiopia invaded his realm in1738 , the army of Sennar under the leadership of Hamis, a prince ofDarfur , inflicted a significant defeat of the invaders at theBattle of the Dindar River . [E. A. Wallis Budge, "A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia", 1928 (Oosterhout, the Netherlands: Anthropological Publications, 1970), pp. 454f.]He was deposed and fled to sanctuary in
Ethiopia , where RasMikael Sehul became his mentor. Ras Mikael convinced Emperor Iyoas I to appoint him governor of the province ofRas al-Fil , near the border with Sennar. However, despite the advice of Iyoas' senior counselors, envoys from Sennar convinced Badi to return to Sennar where he was quietly murdered. The expolorerJames Bruce adds that Badi was killed by Welled Hassan, the governor ofAtbara ; because Welled Hassan had killed the king "with a lance, whereas the only lawful instrument was a sword", the governor was afterwards put to death. [Bruce, "Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile", selected and edited with an introduction by C.F. Beckingham (Edinburgh: University Press, 1964), p. 239]Notes
Succession |office=King of Sennar
preceded=Nul
succeeded=Nasir
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