Isaaq kingdom
Isaaq kingdom | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Official languages | Arabic and Somali |
| Demonym(s) | Isaaq |
| Government | Absolute Monarchy |
• 1300s (first) | King Harun |
• early 1700s (Last) | King dhuuh baraar |
| Legislature | Guurti |
| Establishment | |
• founded | 14th century |
• Overthrown | 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 [2]. 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 [3][4]. It was the predecessor to the more widely known Isaaq Sultanate which ruled from 1749 to 1884 under the Guled Dynasty.
History
[edit]Origins
[edit]Somali genealogical tradition places the origin of the Isaaq tribe in the 12th or 13th century with the arrival of Sheikh Ishaaq Bin Ahmed (Sheikh Ishaaq) was one of the scholars who crossed the sea from Arabia to the Horn of Africa.[5][6] Sheikh Ishaaq settled in the coastal town of Maydh in modern-day northeastern Somaliland. Hence, Sheikh Ishaaq married two local women in Somaliland that left him eight sons, which would be the forefathers of the 8 Isaaq clans.[7]
Establishment
[edit]By the 1300s the Isaaq clans united to defend their inhabited territories and resources during clan conflicts against migrating clans, and by the 1600s, after the fall of the Adal Sultanate, the Somali lands split into numerous clan states, among them the Isaaq.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ أل شيخ عبدلله ري اشأل صومالي, كشف السدول لريراش ,٥٠
- ^ Sheekadii Magan Suldaan Guuleed (Magan-Gaabo) circa 1790-1840. Internet Archive. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ "Degmada Cusub Ee Dacarta Oo Loogu Wanqalay Munaasibad Kulmisay Madaxda Iyo Haldoorka Somaliland". Hubaal Media. 2017-10-07. Archived from the original on 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
- ^ "Taariikhda Toljecle". www.tashiwanaag.com. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ^ Rima Berns McGown, Muslims in the diaspora, (University of Toronto Press: 1999), pp. 27–28
- ^ I.M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali, fourth edition (Oxford: James Currey, 2002), p. 22
- ^ I.M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali, fourth edition (Oxford: James Currey, 2002), pp. 31 & 42
- ^ Minahan, James B. (2016-08-01). Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the World. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. pp. 184–185. ISBN 979-8-216-14892-0.