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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Label Occurrences
Ajuran Sultanate canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (63)

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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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Somali people → historicalState → Ajuran Sultanate ⓘ
Geledi Sultanate → precededBy → Ajuran Sultanate ⓘ