Zeila
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Zeila, also known as Zaila or Zayla, is a historical port town in the western Awdal region of Somaliland.
Image: Saylac Somaliland
Image: Saylac, Somaliland
Image: Zeila g.place
Adal (historical region)
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Adal, known as Awdal or Aw Abdal was a historical Muslim region in the Horn of Africa. Located east of Ifat and the Awash river as far as the coast, and including Harar as well as Zeila. The Zeila state often denoted Adal and other Muslim dominions in medieval texts.
Adal in 1696 bordering Fatagar region to its immediate west and region of Afar in the north west
Depiction of the Sultan of Adal (right) and his troops battling King Yagbea-Sion and his men in the thirteenth century.
Defensive walls of Harar city erected during the reign of Emir Nur ibn Mujahid
Zeila ruins