Isaaq Sultanate | |||||||||||||
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1749–1884 | |||||||||||||
A banner used by the Adal Sultanate and later the Isaaq on key religious shrines[1] | |||||||||||||
![]() Extent of the Isaaq clan-family at the end of the 19th century | |||||||||||||
Capital | Toon (first)[2] Hargeisa (last) | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Arabic | ||||||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
Sultan | |||||||||||||
• ~1700s | Abdi Isse (Traditional Chief) | ||||||||||||
• 1750–1808 (first Sultan) | Guled Abdi | ||||||||||||
• 1870–1884 (last) | Deria Hassan | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1749 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1884 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Somaliland Ethiopia |
The Isaaq Sultanate (Somali: Saldanadda Isaaq, Wadaad: سَلْدَنَدْدَ إساقْ, Arabic: السلطنة الإسحاقية) was a Muslim sultanate that ruled parts of the Horn of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.[3][4][5][6] The kingdom spanned the territories of the Isaaq clan in modern-day Somaliland and Ethiopia. It was governed by the Rer Guled Eidagale branch of the Garhajis clan[3] and is the pre-colonial predecessor to the Republic of Somaliland.[7][8][9]
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