Prosperous Indian Ocean trading sultanate on the Benadir coast of Somalia.
Declined through the 16th century under Portuguese bombardment (Vasco da Gama 1499; repeated attacks 1506–1541 resisted); conquered by the Sultan of Oman in the early 17th century, ending Mogadishu's independent sultanate.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Sultanate of Mogadishu — the shape you scrub through changes in 900 · 1251.
Survey of the Benadir coast trading sultanates including Mogadishu (broad context).
Continental history of the Indian Ocean Somali coast (broad, not Mogadishu-specific).