Aussa Sultanate

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The Aussa Sultanate was a historic Muslim monarchy in the Horn of Africa that served as a major political and cultural center for the Afar people.

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Aussa Sultanate canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former state
historic Muslim monarchy
sultanate
borderedBy Ethiopian Empire NERFINISHED
French Somaliland NERFINISHED
Italian Eritrea NERFINISHED
capital Aussa NERFINISHED
continent Africa
coreTerritory Afar lowlands NERFINISHED
culturalInfluenceOn Afar Islamic scholarship
Afar customary law
economyBasedOn caravan trade
pastoralism
ethnicGroup Afar people NERFINISHED
ethnicReligionBase Afar Muslims NERFINISHED
governmentType monarchy
sultanate
historicalRegion Danakil Desert NERFINISHED
historicalRole center of Afar cultural life
center of Afar political organization
language Afar language NERFINISHED
Arabic
locatedIn Afar Region NERFINISHED
Horn of Africa NERFINISHED
maintained tribal confederation of Afar clans
majorCulturalCenterFor Afar people NERFINISHED
majorPoliticalCenterFor Afar people NERFINISHED
partOf Afar Triangle NERFINISHED
politicalSystem hereditary monarchy
populationMajority Afar people NERFINISHED
regionNowIn Djibouti NERFINISHED
Eritrea NERFINISHED
Ethiopia NERFINISHED
regionType semi-arid lowland
religion Islam
religiousAffiliation Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
religiousInstitution Islamic schools
mosques
religiousLaw Sharia
rulingDynasty Mudaito dynasty NERFINISHED
socialStructure clan-based society
successor Afar Region of Ethiopia NERFINISHED
titleOfRuler Sultan NERFINISHED
usedScript Arabic script

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Afar people notableSultanate Aussa Sultanate