Oromo expansion
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The Oromo expansions or the Oromo invasions, were a series of expansions and conquests in the 16th and 17th centuries by the Oromo primarily documented by the Gamo monk Bahrey, but also mentioned in o
The Borana on the left (expanded westward), the Barento on the right (expanded eastward), and the Luba in the middle (elders, rulers, or sorcerers).
Oromo territory on the eve of the Oromo invasions, located south of present-day Ethiopia
Harar city fortifications originally erected in the sixteenth century following the Oromo invasions
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
Oromo expansion
…the mid-17th century, the Oromos began expanding from their homeland around Lake Abaya in southern Ethiopia towards the southern Somali coast while the Ajuran Empire was at the height of its power. The Garen rulers conducted several military expeditions, known as the Gaal Madow wars, against the Oromo warriors. The…
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