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3 unusual facts about Ifat Sultanate


Ifat

Ifat Sultanate, a Muslim kingdom in the northern Horn of Africa.

Ifat Sultanate

According to the medieval historian al-Makrizi, Emperor Dawit I in 1403 pursued the Sultan of Adal, Sa'ad ad-Din II, to Zeila, where he killed the Sultan and sacked the city.

Al-Umari also credits it with seven "mother cities": Belqulzar, Kuljura, Shimi, Shewa, Adal, Jamme and Laboo.



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