Sultanate of Ifat
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title:
Sultanate of Ifat
text:
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, Ogaden, Djibouti, Somaliland or Somalia.
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1275–1415 Muslim state in the Horn of Africa
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultanate_of_Ifat
date created:
2005-08-24T20:46:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T21:21:26Z
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