Harar
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Harar, known historically by the indigenous as Harar-Gey or simply Gey, is a walled city in eastern Ethiopia. It is also known in Arabic as the City of Saints.
City Gate, Harar Jugol
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Harar, chiesa selassie
A View of Harar, Ethiopia
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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…saint Abadir Umar ar-Rida and several other religious leaders settled in the Harar plateau c. 1216 (612 AH). Harar was later made the new capital of the Adal Sultanate in 1520 by the Sultan Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad. The city saw a political decline during the ensuing Emirate of Harar, only regaining some significance in…
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