Walashma dynasty

Walashma Dynasty
الولاسميون

House of Walashma
Country Ifat Sultanate
Adal Sultanate
Place of originIfat
Founded1297
FounderUmar Walasma
Final rulerBarakat ibn Umar Din
Titles
Deposition1559

The Walashma dynasty was a medieval Muslim dynasty of the Horn of Africa founded in Ifat (modern eastern Shewa). Founded in the 13th century, it governed the polities of Ifat and Adal in what are present-day Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea and eastern Ethiopia.

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