- The
Sultanate of Ifat,
known as Wafāt or
Awfāt in
Arabic texts, or the
Kingdom of
Zeila was a
medieval ****
Muslim state in the
eastern regions of the...
- Ifat (Harari: ኢፋት; Amharic: ይፋት; Somali:
Awfat) also
known as Yifat,
Awfat or
Wafat was a
historical Muslim region in the Horn of Africa. It was located...
- was
appointed by a "Haze" or a King of
Ethiopia to be the
first ruler of
Awfat.
Richard Pankhurst identifies this King as
Yekuno Amlak.
However some historians...
- p. 75. ISBN 9781136970221. Fauvelle, François-Xavier. The
Sultanate of
Awfāt, its
capital and the
necropolis of the Walasmaʿ.
Institut français d'archéologie...
- ISBN 978-1-136-97022-1. The
Muslim Kingdoms in
Abyssinia were
seven in number:
Awfat, Dawaro, Arababni, Hadiya, Sharkha, Bali and Dara.
These kingdoms which...
-
sovereign state till at
least the
reign of Amde
Seyon in
which the
Sultanate of
Awfat lost
considerable territories.
Sultan Ali
reigned 20
years and died in 1295...
