THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1250–1499

Sultanate of Mogadishu

City-state sultanate that ruled Mogadishu and its Benadir hinterland, founded in the mid-13th century (or 1330 in some accounts); Ibn Battuta found it at its zenith in 1331. In the 16th century it was within the Ajuran sphere.

Source: Wikipedia 'Sultanate of Mogadishu'.

See Sultanate of Mogadishu on the map in 1250

On the map
1250–1499
Capital
Mogadishu

Rulers named in the sources

African kingdoms and states, 430–1911

Besides the large empires and the colonial powers, Africa had many other states: the Berber kingdoms of late-Roman Mauretania and the Aurès; the Wolof states of Senegambia, the Fula imamates, Kaabu and the Moorish emirates; Kong, the Mossi kingdoms, Dagbon, Denkyira, Akwamu, Dahomey and Benin; the Hausa kingdoms, Nupe, Kebbi, Agadez, Damagaram and Baguirmi; the Ethiopian, Gibe and Somali sultanates and kingdoms, the Shilluk, Kilwa and Pate; Buganda, Bunyoro, Rwanda and Burundi; Loango, Ndongo, Matamba, Kasanje, Kuba, Luba, Lunda and Kazembe; Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Mutapa, Butua and the Rozvi; and Maravi, Gaza, the Nguni and Sotho kingdoms, the Lozi and the Sakalava. Dates and rulers come from cited reference articles. Few pre-colonial African frontiers were ever surveyed or described, and many of these states ruled people and trade routes more than fixed territory.

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