Sultanate of Mogadishu
Sultanate of Mogadishu | |||||||||
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| 10th Century–16th Century | |||||||||
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Flag shown next to the Mogadishu area on Lázaro Luis' 1563 map | |||||||||
The "City of Mogadishu" on Fra Mauro's medieval map. | |||||||||
| Capital | Mogadishu | ||||||||
| Common languages | Somali Arabic Persian | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Sultanate | ||||||||
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| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 10th Century | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 16th Century | ||||||||
| Currency | Mogadishan | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Somalia | ||||||||
The Sultanate of Mogadishu (Somali: Saldanadda Muqdisho, Arabic: سلطنة مقديشو), also known as Kingdom of Magadazo, was a medieval Muslim Somali 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 Ajuran Sultanate in the 13th century. The Mogadishu Sultanate maintained a vast trading network, dominated the regional gold trade, minted its own currency, and left an extensive architectural legacy in present-day southern Somalia.