Ifat Sultanate
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Key facts
- Capital
- Wafāt (1275–1387) Zeila (1387–1403)
- Official languages
- Arabic
- Common languages
- Harari / Harla Somali Argobba Afar
- Religion
- Sunni Islam ( state )
- Government
- Monarchy
- 1185 1228 first
- Umar Walasma
- 1376 1403 last
- Sa'ad ad-Din II
- Total
- 120,000 km (46,000 sq mi)
- Currency
- Dinar and Dirham
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofDjibouti Ethiopia Somalia (de jure) ∟ Somaliland (de facto)
The Sultanate of Ifat, known as Wafāt or Awfāt in Arabic texts, or the Kingdom of Zeila was a medieval Sunni Muslim state in the eastern regions of the Horn of Africa between the late 13th century and early 15th century. It was formed in present-day Ethiopia around eastern Shewa in Ifat. Led by the Walashma dynasty, the polity stretched from Zequalla to the port city of Zeila. The kingdom ruled over parts of what are now Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somaliland, Somalia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ifat Sultanate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.