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Somalia. The Sultanate of Mogadishu (Somali: Saldanadda Muqdisho, Arabic: سلطنة مقديشو), also known as Kingdom of Magadazo, [1] was a medieval Muslim sultanate centered in southern Somalia. It rose as one of the pre-eminent powers in the Horn of Africa under the rule of Fakhr al-Din before becoming part of the powerful and expanding ...
History of Mogadishu. Prior to the civil war, Mogadishu was known as the White pearl of the Indian Ocean. Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: مقديشو) is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries.
The dethronement of the Muzaffar clients in Mogadishu and other coastal cities by the Abgaal imam who then established the Hiraab Imamate taking residence in Mogadishu was a significant setback, [75] and the defeat of the Silis Kingdom by a former Ajuran general in the interior of the state, Ibrahim Adeer, who established the Gobroon dynasty. [76]
0.701 [ 4 ]average 1st. Website. bra.gov.so. Mogadishu, [ a ] locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia and has an estimated urban population of 2,610,483. [ 8 ] Mogadishu is located in the coastal Banaadir ...
He recovered the Kingdom of Bali and began preparations of a major Adalite offensive into the Ethiopian Highlands. He successfully collected funding from surrounding Muslim kingdoms as far away as the Kingdom of Mogadishu. [45] However, these ambitious plans were thrown out the war chamber when King Badlay died during the invasion of Dawaro.
Although the Benadiri are sometimes described as the founders of Mogadishu (hence, their colloquial name Reer Xamar or "People of Mogadishu", [3] though the city itself is postulated to be a successor of ancient Sarapion [4]), the Benadiris originate from Arab tribes who settled the southern coast of Somalia and built stone towns for defense and trade.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague attended the opening ceremony in Mogadishu. [7] The compound is situated near the Aden Adde International Airport . Hague described the new embassy as a symbol of the close ties between the British and Somali governments, through which the administrations would work on bilateral security, peacebuilding ...
Muzaffarids (Somalia) The Muẓaffarids (or Muẓaffar dynasty) were a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Banaadir coast with their capital at Mogadishu from the late 15th or early 16th century until around 1624 or possibly as late as 1700. [ 1][ 2] They were of Persian extraction that mixed with the local Somali population and are related to the ...