[3][4] He was known for marrying his uncle's widow, Bati del Wambara, and also succeeding Imam Ahmad as the leader of the Muslim forces fighting Christian Ethiopia.

[8] According to several oral traditions recorded by Enrico Cerulli, Nur ibn Mujahid was Somali and hailed from the Marehan subclan of the greater Darod clan.

[9][10] The Royal Chronicle of Gelawdewos' considered Nur to be "from the tribe of the Suhawyan", which according to Solomon Gebreyes Beyene could be the name of an Afar or Somali subclan.

[13] Bati del Wambara the de facto leader of Adal would stipulate to Nur a commander of Zeila that she would only marry him if he killed Gelawdewos.

Following this victory, Nur crossed over into Wej province to loot the palace and the capital of the deceased emperor before promptly returning to his country.

The Oromos who had been migrating north invaded the Adal Sultanate and annihilated Nur's army at the Battle of Hazalo following his victory at Fatagar over the Abyssinians.

[22][23][24][25][26] Contemporary Harari records describes Nur as a very religious ruler who abstained from every act forbidden by the Sharia and likewise wanted his people to follow his example in their lives, explicitly prohibiting un-Islamic behavior among the nobility.

[30] In fact a later Harari Arabic poem praising Nur says: "The city of Harar sparkles with holy men; and, especially with the rightful Imam of the pious.