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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Aussa Sultanate canonical 1

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Statements (44)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Afar people → notableSultanate → Aussa Sultanate ⓘ