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Sultanate of Ifat

1285 – 1415
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Walashma Muslim sultanate of the eastern Ethiopian escarpment, rival of Christian Ethiopia.

Destroyed in 1415 when Emperor Yeshaq I of Ethiopia defeated the Ifat forces and annexed the highland territories; the fate of Sultan Sa'ad ad-Din II is disputed — some sources place his death at Zeila under Emperor Dawit I c. 1403, others under Yeshaq c. 1410–1415; the surviving Walashma relocated east and refounded as the Adal Sultanate.

Borders in 1285 · drawn from 1 sourced border frame
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