14 Facts About Isaaq Sultanate

Isaaq Sultanate was a Somali kingdom that ruled parts of the Horn of Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Isaaq Sultanate's coronation took place after the victorious battle of Lafaruug in 1749 in which his father, a religious mullah Abdi Eisa successfully led the Isaaq in battle and defeated the Absame tribes near Berbera where a century earlier the Isaaq clan expanded into.

One of the most important settlements of the Isaaq Sultanate was the city of Berbera which was one of the key ports of the Gulf of Aden.

The Habr Yunis Sultanate inherited the profitable trade routes leading into the Sheikh mountains and Burao from the Isaaq Sultanate and reached a pinnacle under Sultan Hersi Aman before being engulfed in civil wars after his considerable power caused a rebellion to break out in the late 1870s.

Isaaq Sultanate called for the regular shir or meeting of subclans where he would take council and advise on what decisions to make next.

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Isaaq Sultanate described the Habr Awal as a friendly people who lived between Harar, and Berbera, and that they supported the Egyptian capture of many towns.

Isaaq Sultanate feared the Issa Somali would invade Berbera so he ordered a British warship be anchored at Berbera so the British could detect any Somali movement in the area.

Isaaq Sultanate describes him as a slave master, and that he controlled slave trade in the read sea.

Isaaq Sultanate had a robust economy and trade was significant at the main port of Berbera but eastwards along the coast.

The Isaaq Sultanate were the predominant Somali traders in the Yemeni ports of Mukalla, Mocha and Aden.

Sultan of Isaaq Sultanate often called for shirs or regular meetings where he would be informed and advised by leading elders or religious figures on what decisions to make.

Isaaq Sultanate addressed early tensions between the Saad Musa and Eidagale upon the former's settlement into the growing town of Hargeisa in the late 19th century.

Isaaq Sultanate has ten rulers in total, five prior to the creation of British Somaliland in 1884 in addition to five afterwards.

The Rer Guled Sultans, although no longer ruling vast territory, and with separate Isaaq Sultanate subclans having their own Sultans, still enjoy primus inter pares status and retain the title of Suldaanka Guud ee Beesha Isaaq Sultanate.