Aussa Sultanate

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The Aussa Sultanate was a historic Muslim monarchy in the Horn of Africa that served as a major political and cultural center for the Afar people.

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Aussa Sultanate canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former state
historic Muslim monarchy
sultanate
borderedBy Ethiopian Empire
French Somaliland
Italian Eritrea
capital Aussa
continent Africa
coreTerritory Afar lowlands
linked to: Afar Triangle
culturalInfluenceOn Afar Islamic scholarship
Afar customary law
economyBasedOn caravan trade
pastoralism
ethnicGroup Afar people
ethnicReligionBase Afar Muslims
linked to: Afar people
governmentType monarchy
sultanate
historicalRegion Danakil Desert
historicalRole center of Afar cultural life
center of Afar political organization
language Afar language
Arabic
locatedIn Afar Region
Horn of Africa
maintained tribal confederation of Afar clans
majorCulturalCenterFor Afar people
majorPoliticalCenterFor Afar people
partOf Afar Triangle
politicalSystem hereditary monarchy
populationMajority Afar people
regionNowIn Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
regionType semi-arid lowland
religion Islam
religiousAffiliation Sunni Islam
religiousInstitution Islamic schools
mosques
religiousLaw Sharia
rulingDynasty Mudaito dynasty
socialStructure clan-based society
successor Afar Region of Ethiopia
linked to: Afar Region
titleOfRuler Sultan
usedScript Arabic script

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Afar people notableSultanate Aussa Sultanate