The SultanateofDawaro was a Somali Muslim Sultanate founded around the 10th century by the Jarso, sub-clan of the Dir, centred in Hararghe. The founder...
The Sultanateof Harar was a Muslim state centered in present-day Harar, Ethiopia. It succeeded the Adal Sultanate. In this period the Harar Sultanate led...
establishment of Ifat eastern Ethiopia was ruled by the Gidaya, Dawaro, Sawans, Bali, and Fatagar. These states were incorporated into the Ifat Sultanate however...
servant of an Aksumite emperor who wanted to lead pagans against Christianity. Others argued that she was from the Sultanateof Showa and a daughter of the...
Ajuran Sultanate. Along with other sultanates, including Dawaro, Arababni, Hadiya, Shirka, and Dara, Bale became part of the so-called confederation of Zeila...
The Sultanateof Aussa was a kingdom that existed in the Afar Region in eastern Ethiopia in the 18th and 20th centuries. It was considered to be the leading...
Somali kingdom centered in the Horn of Africa. Ruled by Boqor Osman Mahamuud during its golden age, the sultanate controlled the areas which are now called...
and Pagan kingdoms and nations such as Sultanateof Showa, Sultanateof Ifat, Hadiya Sultanate, Damot, Dawaro the Agew and many more. In southern Ethiopia...
Aswan and Massawa. Sultanateof Ifat Adal Sultanate Kingdom of Bazin Kingdom of Jarin Kingdom of Nagash Kingdom of Qita'a Kingdom of Tankish Elzein, Intisar...
The Adal Sultanate, or the Adal Empire or the ʿAdal or the Bar Saʿad dīn (alt. spelling Adel Sultanate, Adal Sultanate) (Somali: Saldanadda Cadal) was...
Highlands, but also from the lowlands to the east, which included the SultanateofDawaro and Bale. He also turned his attention to the numerous Ethiopians...
Isaaq Sultanate (Somali: Saldanadda Isaaq, Wadaad: سَلْدَنَدْدَ إساقْ, Arabic: السلطنة الإسحاقية) was a Somali kingdom that ruled parts of the Horn of Africa...
Horn of Africa that dominated the trade in the northern Indian ocean. They belonged to the Somali Muslim sultanate that ruled over large parts of the Horn...
The Sultanateof the Geledi (Somali: Saldanadda Geledi, Arabic: سلطنة غلدي) also known as the Gobroon Dynasty was a Somali kingdom that ruled parts of the...
The Sultanateof Hobyo (Somali: Saldanadda Hobyo, Arabic: سلطنة هوبيو), also known as the Sultanateof Obbia, was a 19th-century Somali kingdom in present-day...
aforementioned Showa along with the sultanatesof Arbabni, Dawaro, Hadiya, Sharka, Bale and Dara. The original borders of the Sultanateof Ifat roughly correspond...
The Sultanateof Mogadishu (Somali: Saldanadda Muqdisho, Arabic: سلطنة مقديشو) (fl.9th- 13th centuries), also known as the Kingdom of Magadazo, was a...
Adal Sultanate, the Ajuran Sultanate, the Zagwe dynasty, and the Sultanateof the Geledi. The Sultanateof Showa, established in 896, was one of the oldest...
The Tunni Sultanate (Somali: Saldanadda Tunni) was a Somali Muslim Sultanate located in southwestern Somalia, south of the Shabelle river. It was ruled...
mission of Aw Seid and the flourishing era of the SultanateofDawaro (i.e. both of them were phenomena of the same historical period, from the 13th century...
number of African polities becoming Muslim, such as the SultanateofDawaro, Fatagar, Hadiya Sultanate and Bale Province, Ethiopia; this region was referred...
independent of the polity and were also under the protection of Egypt. Sultanateof Ifat Adal Sultanate Kingdom of Bazin Kingdom of Belgin Kingdom of Nagash...
conquered the Kingdom of Damot, the Hadiya Sultanate, Gojjam, Fatagar, the SultanateofDawaro, the Sultanateof Bale, and the Sultanateof Ifat. By the early...
including Bazin. Sultanateof Ifat Adal Sultanate Kingdom of Belgin Kingdom of Jarin Kingdom of Nagash Kingdom of Qita'a Kingdom of Tankish Elzein, Intisar...
The Makhzumi dynasty also known as Sultanateof Shewa or Showa Sultanate, was a Muslim kingdom in present-day Ethiopia. Its capital Walale was situated...
Massawa. Sultanateof Shewa Sultanateof Ifat Adal Sultanate Kingdom of Bazin Kingdom of Belgin Kingdom of Jarin Kingdom of Qita'a Kingdom of Tankish Elzein...
regional trade, the Mogadishu Sultanate and Ajuran Sultanate both centered around the port town Mogadishu, but also the port towns of Barawe and Merca. In the...
the companions of prophet Muhammad were received in the Aksumite kingdom. The Sultanateof Showa, established around 896, was one of the oldest local...
of the Sultanateof Harar and the Adal Sultanate. This polity was marred with internal conflicts between Harla and Arabs. In 1647, the rulers of the Emirate...
been part of the Kingdom of Aksum for over a millennium that became the site of Muslim kingdoms. This state was annexed by the Sultanateof Ifat around...
Massawa. Sultanateof Shewa Sultanateof Ifat Adal Sultanate Kingdom of Bazin Kingdom of Belgin Kingdom of Jarin Kingdom of Nagash Kingdom of Qita'a Elzein...
needed] The leaders of the Kingdom of Beta Israel changed their alliances during the war and began supporting the Muslim Adal Sultanate. The Adal armies...
last known member of the Walashmaʿ dynasty. In 1555, Barakat and Ali Jamal ibn al-Imam Ahmad led an army into Dawaro with the intent of taking it from the...
The Sultanateof Arababni (also known as Arbabni or Arabini) was a small Gurage Islamic sultanate located in what is now the Arsi Zone of Ethiopia. Founded...
The Habr Yunis Sultanate (Somali: Saldanadda Habar Yoonis, Arabic: سلطنة هبر يونس) was a Somali kingdom that ruled parts of the Horn of Africa during the...
in the 1320s. The polity allied with the Sultanateof Adal again in Ahmedudin Badlay's war to retake Dawaro from Abyssinian control, but Ganz was defeated...
province on the southwestern side of Ethiopia; its capital city was Bonga. It was named after the former Kingdom of Kaffa or "Kefa". Kaffa was bordered...
other side of the Mereb, today in Ethiopia). The entire coastal domain of Ma'ikele Bahri was under the Adal Sultanate during the reign of Sultan Badlay...
Mora, Dawaro, Hadiya and Bali, also existed. The area is now part of modern Shewa southeast of Addis Ababa. Fetegar was founded during the arrival of Islam...
The Sultanateof Dahlak was a small medieval kingdom covering the Dahlak Archipelago and parts of the African Red Sea coast in what is now Eritrea. First...
entity, was gradually absorbed by Gojjam until it reached west to the Sultanateof Gubba; Juan Maria Schuver noted in his journeys in Agawmeder (September...
The Solomonic dynasty, also known as the House of Solomon, was the ruling dynasty of the Ethiopian Empire formed in the thirteenth century. Its members...
The Kingdom of Gomma was a kingdom in the Gibe region of Ethiopia that emerged in the 18th century. It was based in Agaro. Gomma shared its northern border...
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