Olol Dinle
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Olol Dinle was a Somali sultan who ruled Kelafo as the head of the Ajuran. He successively offered allegiance to the Kingdom of Italy in the 1920s and was named "Sultan of Sciavelli and Auia " in the
General Graziani makes agreements with General Frusci and the Sultan Olol Dinle for the action on Imi.
Ajuran Sultanate
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The Ajuran Sultanate, natively referred to as Ajuuraan, and often simply Ajuran or Ajur, was a Muslim empire in the Horn of Africa that thrived from the late medieval and early modern period. Founded
Olol Dinle
…Ethiopian Empire invaded his traditional territory, Sultan Olol Dinle sought the alliance of Italy in the 1920s. Sultan Olol Dinle descended from both the Ajuran whose deeds were lost in the mists of time and the dynasty that ruled the Mogadishu Sultanate. The expansion of Ethiopian control deep into the Ogaden…
The Ottomans regularly aided the Ajurans in their struggles with the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean.
During the Battle of Barawa, Tristão da Cunha was wounded and requested to be knighted by Albuquerque.
The tomb of Sheikh Hussein
The city of Merca was a prominent administrative center of the Ajurans