Country Ethiopia | Titles Sulṭān | |
Founder ʿAli Madaḥweyne Dir Aji Irir Samāle | ||
The Sultanate of Dawaro was a sultanate founded around the 10th century by the Dawaro clan of the Jarso people.
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Origins
By Somali reckoning, the founder of the clan is Dawaro Jārso ʿAli Madaḥweyne Dir Aji Irir Samāle. After the Oromo migrations, the ʿAli Madaḥweyne Dir were absorbed into the Afran Qallo Barentuma confederation, and today the Jarso are reckoned as Jārsō Daggā Qāllō Barentuma Oromō.
Vassal state
Emperor Amda Seyon I of Abyssinia conquered many of the adjacent independent Muslim sultanates during his reign. In 1329, Sulṭān Ḥaydar of Dawaro was captured and imprisoned together with his ally Sulṭān Sabir ad-Dīn Maḥamed. Despite several rebellions and a brief period when Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (Ahmed Gurey) captured Dawaro, the Sultanate would remain under Abyssinian suzerainty until it was finally conquered by the Oromo in the 16th century.
Legacy
Dawaro was a major power prior to its defeat and subjugation. It was roughly equal in size, population and power to the early Ifat Sultanate.