The Afar leader Kedafu, head of the…

1683 CE to 1827 CE

The Afar leader Kedafu, head of the Mudaito clan, seizes power in Aussa in 1734 and establishes the Mudaito Dynasty.

This marks the start of a new and more sophisticated polity that will last into the colonial period as the
Sultanate of Aussa.

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Asaita Afar Ethiopia View →

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Afar people View → Adal Sultanate View → Harar, Emirate of View →

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Interaction with Subsaharan Africa, Early European View → Sub-Saharan Africa, Modern View →

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Commerce View → Faith View → Government View →

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