XIIIᵉ siècle – XVIᵉ siècle
Harer, eastern Ethiopia, and the Horn of Africa
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The Adal Sultanate was a powerful Muslim polity reestablished near Harer by descendants of Ifat’s ruling family in the late fourteenth century. It became the strongest Muslim stronghold in the Horn of Africa and controlled the major trade routes linking the Ethiopian highlands to Zeila. Adal repeatedly confronted the Christian kingdom of Ethiopia, including the defeat suffered by its forces against Zara Yakob in 1445.
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Adal was reestablished near Harer by descendants of the ruling family of Ifat in the late fourteenth century. It inherited the political and religious importance of the earlier sultanate while developing into a more powerful Muslim center. The sultanate occupied a strategic position east of the Ethiopian highlands and along routes leading toward the Red Sea.
Adal controlled the important trading routes between the Ethiopian highlands and the port of Zeila. This control threatened both Ethiopian commerce and Christian authority in the highlands. Adal’s strength derived not only from its political organization but also from its position within the interconnected Muslim states and trading communities of the Horn of Africa.
From the mid-fifteenth century, Adal confronted the Christian Ethiopians in repeated conflict. In 1445, Zara Yakob’s armies won a dramatic victory over the sultanate and its Muslim allies. Despite this defeat, Adal remained part of the wider Islamic challenge that weakened the Christian kingdom through later centuries.
XIIIᵉ siècle – XVIᵉ siècle
Harer, eastern Ethiopia, and the Horn of Africa
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
The Adal Sultanate was a powerful Muslim polity reestablished near Harer by descendants of Ifat’s ruling family in the late fourteenth century. It became the strongest Muslim stronghold in the Horn of Africa and controlled the major trade routes linking the Ethiopian highlands to Zeila. Adal repeatedly confronted the Christian kingdom of Ethiopia, including the defeat suffered by its forces against Zara Yakob in 1445.
Poursuivre l’exploration
Le récit
Adal was reestablished near Harer by descendants of the ruling family of Ifat in the late fourteenth century. It inherited the political and religious importance of the earlier sultanate while developing into a more powerful Muslim center. The sultanate occupied a strategic position east of the Ethiopian highlands and along routes leading toward the Red Sea.
Adal controlled the important trading routes between the Ethiopian highlands and the port of Zeila. This control threatened both Ethiopian commerce and Christian authority in the highlands. Adal’s strength derived not only from its political organization but also from its position within the interconnected Muslim states and trading communities of the Horn of Africa.
From the mid-fifteenth century, Adal confronted the Christian Ethiopians in repeated conflict. In 1445, Zara Yakob’s armies won a dramatic victory over the sultanate and its Muslim allies. Despite this defeat, Adal remained part of the wider Islamic challenge that weakened the Christian kingdom through later centuries.
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