Isaaq Sultanate
1750–1884 northern Somali kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the early modern Somali sultanate. For the clan, see Isaaq.
The Isaaq Sultanate (Somali: Saldanadda Isaaq, Wadaad: سَلْدَنَدْدَ إساقْ, Arabic: السلطنة الإسحاقية) was a Somali Arab kingdom that ruled parts of the Horn of Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries.[3][4] It spanned the territories of the Isaaq clan in modern-day Somaliland The sultanate was governed by the Rer Guled branch of the Garhajis clan[3] and is the pre-colonial predecessor to the modern Republic of Somaliland.[5][6][7]
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Isaaq Sultanate | |||||||||
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1749–1884 | |||||||||
A banner used by the Adal Sultanate and later the Isaaq on key religious shrines[1] | |||||||||
Capital | Toon (first)[2] Hargeisa (last) | ||||||||
Common languages | Arabic | ||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Sultan | |||||||||
• ~1700s | Abdi Eisa (Traditional Chief) | ||||||||
• 1750–1808 (first Sultan) | Guled Abdi | ||||||||
• 1870–1884 (last) | Deria Hassan | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1749 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1884 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Somaliland |
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