The Adal Sultanate, also known as the Adal Empire or Bar Saʿad dīn (alt. spelling Adel Sultanate, Adal Sultanate) (Arabic: سلطنة عدل), was a medieval Sunni...

The Military of Adal (Arabic: سلطنة عدال) was the core of the Adal Sultanate. The Sultanate’s Military is reported to have equipped a high level of discipline...

Ethiopian–Adal War or Abyssinian–Adal War, also known in Arabic as Futūḥ Al-Ḥabaša (Arabic: فتوح الحبش, lit. 'Conquest of Abyssinia'), was a military conflict...

Adal (Harari: አዳል; Somali: Awdal), known as Awdal or Aw Abdal was a historical Muslim state and later region in the Horn of Africa. Located east of Ifat...

of the Land of Punt. Nearby Zeila, now in Somaliland, was the seat of the medieval Adal and Ifat Sultanates. In the late 19th century, the colony of French...

He was later slain by the military contingent Adal Mabrak, who had been in pursuit. The chronicles record that the Adal Mabrak sent Mahiko's head and...

He was later slain by the military contingent "Adal Mabrak," who had been in pursuit. The chronicles record that the "Adal Mabrak" sent Mahiko's head...

He was later slain by the military contingent Adal Mabrak, who had been in pursuit. The chronicles record that the Adal Mabrak sent Mahiko's head and...

a young imam by the name of Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi would rise to power in Adal after years of internal strife. The Adal Sultanate would stockpile...

Ibraahim al-Qaasi; c. 21 July 1506 – 10 February 1543) was the Imam of the Adal Sultanate from 1527 to 1543. Commonly named Ahmed Gragn in Amharic and...

Empress of Ethiopia through her marriage to Lebna Dengel. She is well-known as a key political and military figure during the Ethiopian–Adal War, as well...

continent in the Ethiopian–Adal War, that lasted for fourteen years (1529–1543). The period spanning between the 1648 Peace of Westphalia and the 1789 French...

(Harari: መለሳይ Mäläsay, Somali: Maalasay) was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Adal Sultanate's household troops. According to Manfred...

Kenya. Over the centuries due to many factors, mostly the wars between the Adal Sultanate and the Ethiopian Empire would further encourage the numerous Oromo...

Harari term for "thin". According to sixteenth century Adal writer Arab Faqīh, he was the Garad of Hubat. In the sixteenth century texts, Abu Bakr is described:...

domains within Ifat: Biqulzar, Adal, Shewa, Kwelgora, Shimi, Jamme and Laboo. Ifat designated the Muslim dominated portion of Shewa in Abyssinia according...

Empire sent soldiers and cannon to back Adal. The conflict proved, through their use on both sides, the value of firearms such as the matchlock musket,...

the Adal Sultanate's Islamic invasion of Ethiopia. The sixteenth century saw Oromos invading regions of the Horn of Africa from the northern areas of Hargeisa...

succeeding Sultanate of Adal and the Solomonids, with both sides achieving victory and suffering defeat. During the protracted Ethiopian-Adal War (1529–1559)...

حسين) was a Somali military commander and general that served the Adal Sultanate. He played a very prominent role in the campaigns of Ahmad ibn Ibrahim...

of Harar and Governor of Zeila in the Adal Sultanate. Although he was originally only emir of a small region he would rise to become leader of Adal due...

Ethiopia) under the power of the Muslim Sultanate of Adal (modern-day Somalia. With an army mainly composed of Somalis, which was equipped by the Ottoman empire...

rebellion, collaborating with the ruler of Adal imam Salih to encircle the Emperor, to which the ruler of Adal responded by mobilizing his forces. The...

Tedros, was a Somali military commander and general that served the Adal Sultanate. He held a distinguished position as one of the preeminent generals...

was a ruse orchestrated by Mossad (alongside Dar Adal) to manipulate President-elect Keane's military policy. Majid Javadi eventually finds and tortures...

powerful important leaders within the Adal such as Garad Hirabu, who was given the title Emir of the Somalis. During the Adal war there were 3 generals who were...

succeeding Sultanate of Adal and the Solomonids, with both sides achieving victory and suffering defeat. During the protracted Ethiopian-Adal War (1529–1559)...

Islamic center with the arrival of Muslims shortly after the Hijrah. By the 9th century, Zeila was the capital of the early Adal Kingdom and Ifat Sultanate...

when the armies of Islam emerged from Arabia in 632. Another example is the sixteenth-century Abyssinian–Adal war between the Muslim Adal Sultanate and...

The Battle of Serjan was military engagement fought between the Ethiopian Empire and the emerging Adal Empire. The Adalite army was victorious and the...