Greatest African Muslim empires

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

Ajuran empire made the list but I’m surprised Adal empire didn’t make it what do you guys think

 

[Idilinaa]

It's probably because they lack information about it and Ethiopianist/oriental scholars have hijacked great portion of it that is out there and distorted it

Awdal was the 3rd or 4th largest empire in African history,

https://www.somalispot.com/threads/the-adal-sultante-was-the-4th-largest-empire-in-african-history.158563/

I’ve seen a lot of maps underselling the true territory of the Adal sultanate. The map below being the biggest culprit and sadly however the most famous map of Adal. Any one with a basic understanding of Adal could tell all of it’s glaring flaws

Firstly we must establish the extent of Adal in the eastern direction. In the book Narrative of the Portuguese embassy to Abyssinia during the years 1520-1527 which was written written by a Portuguese visiting Ethiopia. When talking about Adal, he makes an offhand comment about Cape Guardafui (Raas Caseyr) and he mentions a ruler there that is subject to Adal.

Here is a Portuguese document talking about an event in which missionaries step foot in a port called Afum and were captured by the king of Adel. Afum is clearly modern day Hafun just below the Cape Guardafui.

To The West due to The Imam’s glorious conquest the Empire stretched all the way to Aksum and Lalibela. To South it encompassed all of Bali as well as conquering nearly every province of Ethiopia

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Here is a rough estimate of how large it is I did on Google earth. This would make it the 4th largest African Empire after Songhai, Mali, and Aksum.

Not just political and military power, people underestimate how significant it was economically, it was divided into provinces and a dozen big cities and 100s of towns and villages. Which facilitated in a wide internal trade and market economy for diverse industries.

Some posts about that i shared in other threads:

The Somali medieval sultanates used both locally minted ones and international coins. and wide internal trade market where the coins were used in wide circulation.

The vast territory and large population of Awdal provided a substantial domestic market for goods and services. With diverse ecology, landscapes, and natural resources, different regions of the Sultanate/empire specialized in various industries and agricultural products, leading to extensive internal trade and economic interdependence. Transportation infrastructure like caravan stations to facilitate trade of goods between regions , cisterns and aqueducts supplying water to cities like the ones found near Berbera and Zeyla and supporting population growth and economic development. The relative cultural and linguistic homogeneity: shared lanaguage(arabic & somali), religion and cultural traditions facilitated in communication and commerce across different regions. This cultural cohesion contributed to the integration of diverse regions into a unified economic system.

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

It's probably because they lack information about it and Ethiopianist/oriental scholars have hijacked great portion of it that is out there and distorted it

Awdal was the 3rd or 4th largest empire in African history,

https://www.somalispot.com/threads/the-adal-sultante-was-the-4th-largest-empire-in-african-history.158563/

Not just political and military power, people underestimate how significant it was economically, it was divided into provinces and a dozen big cities and 100s of towns and villages. Which facilitated in a wide internal trade and market economy for diverse industries.

Some posts about that i shared in other threads:

Great work as usual keep educating the users on here