Ajuran Sultanate

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The Ajuran Sultanate was a powerful medieval Somali Muslim empire that dominated trade and politics in the Horn of Africa and parts of the Indian Ocean from the Middle Ages into the early modern period.

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Ajuran Sultanate canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Somali Muslim empire
medieval polity
state
sultanate
agriculture irrigated farming
pastoralism
capital Baraawe
Merca
Mogadishu
conflict Ajuran–Portuguese conflicts
continent Africa
culturalSphere Islamic culture
Somali culture
currency Ajuran coinage
economy trade-based economy
endTime 17th century
era Middle Ages
early modern period
ethnicGroup Somalis
linked to: Somali people
export cattle
frankincense
gold
ivory
myrrh
followedBy Geledi Sultanate
Hiraab Imamate
governmentType Islamic monarchy
hereditary monarchy
import ceramics
spices
textiles
knownFor centralized administration
fortified wells
hydraulic engineering
irrigation systems
maritime trade dominance
stone castles
walled towns
language Arabic
Somali
legalSystem Islamic law
Sharia
locatedIn Horn of Africa
Somalia
military cavalry
naval forces
partOf Islamic world
precededBy Mogadishu Sultanate
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
river Jubba River
Shebelle River
rulingDynasty Ajuran clan
rulingFamily House of Gareen
startTime 14th century
taxationSystem centralized taxation
territoryIncludes Benadir coast
interior riverine regions of southern Somalia
tradeNetwork Indian Ocean trade network
tradePartner Arabian Peninsula
India
Persia
Swahili Coast

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Somali people historicalState Ajuran Sultanate
Geledi Sultanate precededBy Ajuran Sultanate