Medieval Somali based Muslim sultanate in the Horn of Africa
The Sultanate of Bale was a Somali Muslim sultanate founded in the Bale Mountains of the southern Ethiopian Highlands and Horn of Africa. It corresponds roughly to the modern Bale Zone of the Oromia Region in Ethiopia.[1]
Sultanate of Bale
13th cenutury–1320s
Status
Sovereign state
Common languages
Somali, Sidama
Religion
Islam
Government
Sultanate
Sultan
Historical era
Middle Ages
• Established
13th cenutury
• Conquered by Amde Seyon of Abyssinia
1320s
Succeeded by
Ethiopian Empire
Today part of
Bale Zone, South-Eastern Ethiopia
^Østebø, Terje (October 2020). Islam, Ethnicity, and Conflict in Ethiopia. Cambridge University Press. p. 52. ISBN 9781108839686.
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