Muhammad ibn Nasir, desirous of resuming the old struggles against the Christian empire, relativized the administration of Adal, as a preparation for the grand plan.
Sultan Muhammed is also credited with having commissioned the building of a wall around the port of Zeila to protect it from raids by Somali nomads.
[1][2][3] A triple alliance was in the works involving Sultan Muhammed with the Ottoman leader Özdemir Pasha and Yeshaq ruler of the Abyssinian province of Medri Bahri.
Muhammad was captured and promptly executed by the Emperor, he was the last member of the Uthman dynasty to rule Harar.
[5][6][7] The loss was blamed on the Sultan's commanders who began collaborating with the Abyssinians, prior to this four weeks into battle it had remained a stalemate.