Ifat (historical region)

19th century map of Ifat located east of the Shewan highlands and west of the Awash River.

Ifat (Harari: ኢፋት; Amharic: ይፋት; Somali: Awfat) also known as Yifat,[1] Awfat or Wafat was a historical Muslim region in the Horn of Africa.[2] It was located on the eastern edge of Shewa.[3][4][5]

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  3. ^ Hassan, Mohammed. Reviewed Work: Islam in Nineteenth-Century Wallo, Ethiopia: Revival, Reform and Reaction by Hussein Ahmed. Michigan State University Press. p. 148. JSTOR 41931349.
  4. ^ Trimingham, J.Spencer (13 September 2013). Islam in Ethiopia. Taylor & Francis. p. 67. ISBN 9781136970221.
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