Dakkar

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Dakkar (

Muslim town located in present-day eastern Ethiopia. It served as the first capital of the Adal Sultanate after its founding in the early 15th century by Sabr ad-Din III.[1]

The writer of the sixteenth century chronicle "Futuh al-Habasha"

Jigjiga.[9][10]

History

The exact location of the town remains unknown and several locations have been suggested, but it is generally agreed that the town was somewhere in the Harar plateau. The city was established in the early 15th century by Sabr ad-Din III after he returned from his exile in Yemen. The town sat along the trade route to Zeila and served as the royal seat of the Walashma sultans.[11] However, in 1471 Emir Laday Usman marched to Dakkar and seized power. But Usman did not dismiss the Sultan from office, and instead gave him a ceremonial position while retaining the real power for himself. Adal now came under the leadership of the powerful regional aristocracy who governed from the palace of a nominal Sultan.[12][13][14]

In 1478, the Ethiopian Emperor

Lebna Dengel's raids on Adal subsequently laying waste to Sultan Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din's residence.[16]

After the death of

Oromo invasions, Dakkar was destroyed alongside other states such as Gidaya and Hargaya.[20][21] Antoine d'Abbadie notes that the Barento Oromo had occupied Dakkar from the Bursuuk which they had integrated in their mythology.[22][23]

See also

References

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  5. ^ Zewde, Bahru (1998). A Short History of Ethiopia and the Horn. Addis Ababa University. p. 74.
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  13. ^ Hassan, Mohammed. The Oromo of Ethiopia, 1500-1850 (PDF). University of London. pp. 24–25.
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  16. ^ Ullendorff, Edward (1960). The Ethiopians; an Introduction to Country and People. Oxford University Press. p. 72.
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  21. ^ Nur b. Mugahid. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
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  23. ^ Abbadie, Antoine d' (1890). Géographie de l'Ethiopie: ce que j'ai entendu, faisant suite à ce que j'ai vu (in French). Mesnil. p. 307.
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