Isaaq kingdom
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Isaaq kingdom | |
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| 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.[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.