State

Adal Sultanate

1415–1577 Muslim sultanate in the Horn of Africa

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1415–1577
Founded
1415
Ended
1577
Capital
Zeila
Government
monarchy

Overview

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.

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Records (25)

  1. 1422 — First Battle of YedayaBattle
  2. 1423 — Siege of MukhaSiege
  3. 1424–1429 — Campaigns of Jamal ad-Din IICampaign
  4. 1446 — Battle of GomitBattle
  5. 1517 — Battle of ZeilaBattle
  6. 1520–1526 — Adalite Civil WarWar
  7. 1528 — Battle of BadeqeBattle
  8. 1529–1543 — Ethiopian–Adal WarWar
  9. 1529 — Battle of Shimbra KureBattle
  10. 1531 — Battle of AntukyahBattle
  11. 1531 — Battle of Amba SelBattle
  12. 1538–1557 — Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts of 1538–1560War
  13. 1541 — Battle of SahartBattle
  14. 1541 — Battle of MassawaBattle
  15. 1542 — Battle of WoflaBattle
  16. 1542 — Battle of BaçenteBattle
  17. 1542 — Battle of JarteBattle
  18. 1542 — Battle of the Hill of the JewsBattle
  19. 1543 — Battle of Wayna DagaBattle
  20. 1549–1550 — Ethiopian invasion of AdalInvasion
  21. 1559 — Battle of FatagarBattle
  22. 1559 — Battle of HazaloBattle
  23. 1576 — Battle of HadiyaBattle
  24. 1600 — Battle of HubatBattle
  25. 1600 — Siege of HubatSiege

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), HCED (CC0) and Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0); overview excerpted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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