Adal Sultanate
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Key facts
- Capital
- Dakkar (1415–1520) Harar (1520–1577) Aussa (1577)
- Official languages
- Arabic
- Common languages
- Harari Somali Afar Argobba
- Religion
- Sunni Islam ( state ) School : Shafi'i Creed : Ashʿari
- Government
- Sultanate
- 1415 1423 first
- Sabr ad-Din III
- 1577 last
- Muhammad Gasa
- Historical era
- Middle Ages
- War with yeshaq i
- 1415–1429
- Succession crisis
- 1518–1526
- Ethiopian adal war
- 1529–1543
- Currency
- Ashrafi
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofDjibouti Ethiopia Somalia (de jure) ∟ Somaliland (de facto)
The Adal Sultanate, also known as the Adal Empire or Barr Saʿad dīn (alt. spelling Adel Sultanate, Adal Sultanate) (Arabic: سلطنة عدل), was a medieval Sunni Muslim empire which was located in the Horn of Africa. It was founded by Sabr ad-Din III on the Harar plateau in Adal after the fall of the Sultanate of Ifat. The kingdom flourished c. 1415 to 1577. At its height, the polity under Sultan Badlay controlled the territory stretching from Cape Guardafui in Somalia to the port city of Suakin in Sudan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adal Sultanate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.