Sultanate of Mogadishu
Sultanate of Mogadishu | |||||||||
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| 10th Century–16th Century | |||||||||
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 | ||||||||
| 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 sultanate centered in southern Somalia. Established by Abubakr bin Fakhr ad-Din, who served as the first Sultan of the Mogadishu Sultanate and the Fakhr al-Din dynasty. The Fakhr al-Din dynasty ruled up until the late 16th century or start of 1600s until it got replaced by the Muzaffar dynasty. It rose as one of the preeminent powers in the Horn of Africa, and it maintained a vast trading network, dominated the regional gold trade, minted its very own currency, and left an extensive architectural legacy in present-day southern Somalia.