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Name: Ajuran Sultanate

Type: Polity

Start: 1301 AD

End: 1700 AD

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Was a Somali Muslim Empire in the Middle Ages in the Horn of Africa.

Establishment


  • January 1301: During the Middle Ages, Mogadishu and other Somali cities came under the influence of the Ajuran Sultanate.
  • January 1301: The Ajuran Sultanate was established in the XIII century.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • May 1507: In 1506, the Battle of Barawa began after the Portuguese Empire decided to invade and capture the wealthy Somali harbour city.

  • January 1543: After the Battle of Benadir, a peace treaty was signed.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1701: The rule of the later Ajuran rulers caused multiple rebellions to break out in the empire, and at the end of the 17th century, the Ajuran state disintegrated into several successor kingdoms and states.
  • January 1701: The Geledi Sultanate was established in the late 17th century by Sultan Ibrahim Adeer. It was a powerful Somali kingdom located in present-day Somalia. The territory expanded in 1700, gaining control over new regions.
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