Isaaq kingdom
Isaaq kingdom | |
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A banner used by the Adal Sultanate and later the Isaaq on key religious shrines | |
| Official languages | Arabic and Somali |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Demonym(s) | Isaaq |
| Government | Absolute Monarchy |
• 1300s (first) | King Harun |
• early 1700s (Last) | King dhuuh baraar |
| Legislature | Guurti convening shirs or elder meetings |
| Establishment | |
• founded | 14th century |
| mid-18th century | |
| Today part of | Somaliland |
The Isaaq Kingdom (Somali: Boqortooyada Isaaq, Wadaad: بوقورْتويَدَ إساقْ, Arabic: المملكة الإسحاقية) was a Muslim Somali-Arabic kingdom that emerged after the fall of the Adal Sultanate between the 14th until it was overthrown by a coalition of Isaaq in the middle of the 18th century. according to oral tradition, the kingdom was led by the Tol Jeclo branch of the Greater Isaaq clan Family, where they ruled for centuries starting from the 13th century. It was the predecessor to the more widely known Isaaq Sultanate which ruled from 1749 to 1884 under the Guled Dynasty.