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Adal Kingdom

Kingdom of Adal
Boqortooyadii Adal
9th century–13th century
Capital Zeila
Languages Somali · Arabic
Religion Islam Allah-green.svg
Government Monarchy
History
 •  Established 9th century
 •  Decline 13th century
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Barbara (region)
Sultanate of Ifat
Today part of  Somalia
 Djibouti
 Ethiopia

In the late 9th century, Al-Yaqubi wrote that the Adal kingdom had its capital in Zeila suggesting that the Adal Sultanate with Zeila as its headquarters dates back to at least the 9th or 10th centuries. According to I.M. Lewis, the polity was governed by local dynasties consisting of Somalized Arabs or Arabized Somalis, who also ruled over the similarly-established Sultanate of Mogadishu in the Benadir region to the south.


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