Asaita
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Asaita, known historically as Aussa, is a town in northeastern Ethiopia, and until 2007 served as the capital of the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Afambo woreda, part of the region's Awsi Ra
Asaita City
Asaita town, Afar Region.
Adal Sultanate
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The Adal Sultanate, also known as the Adal Empire or Barr Saʿad dīn, was a medieval Sunni Muslim empire which was located in the Horn of Africa. It was founded by Sabr ad-Din III on the Harar plateau
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…According to Huntingford's opinion the term Gurêle represented the name of a hill 90 miles north-west of Lake Abbe. Asaita was briefly the capital of the Adal Sultanate and Imamate of Aussa as well as seat of the Aussa Sultanate, the chief Afar monarchy, but is 50 kilometres (31 mi) south by unpaved road from Awash–Asseb…
The Sultan of Adal (right) and his troops battling King Yagbea-Sion and his men. From Le Livre des Merveilles, 15th century.
Early 20th century folk drawing of Cristóvão da Gama and Ahmad Gragn's deaths.
The surrounding walls of the fortified city of Harar built by Emir Nur ibn Mujahid
A sword symbol on a stele at Tiya