Sultanate of Mogadishu
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Saldanadda Muqdisho سلطنة مقديشو |
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 The "City of Mogadishu" on Fra Mauro's medieval map.
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| Capital | Mogadishu | ||||
| Languages | Somali, Arabic | ||||
| Religion |
 Islam
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| Government | Monarchy | ||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||
| • | 10th century | 10th century | |||
| • | 16th century | 16th century | |||
| Currency | Mogadishan | ||||
| Today part of |
 Somalia
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The Sultanate of Mogadishu (Somali: Saldanadda Muqdisho, Arabic: سلطنة مقديشو) (fl. 10th-16th centuries) was a medieval trading empire in Somalia. It rose as one of the pre-eminent powers in the Horn of Africa during the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries, before becoming part of the expanding Ajuran Empire. The Mogadishu Sultanate maintained a vast trading network, dominated the regional gold trade, minted its own Mogadishu currency, and left an extensive architectural legacy in present-day southern Somalia. It was also a vassal state of the Adal Sultanate.
According to the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, maritime trade connected Somalis in the Mogadishu area with other communities along the Indian Ocean coast as early as the 1st century CE, and the ancient trading power of Sarapion has been postulated to be the predecessor of Mogadishu. With Muslim traders from the Arabian Peninsula arriving c. 900, Mogadishu was well-suited to become a regional center for commerce.
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