Mora (historical region)

Mora also known as Mura was a historical Muslim state located in the Horn of Africa.[1][2][3][4] It was positioned northward of Ifat within reach of Aussa city in modern Afar region of Ethiopia.[5] Mora neighbored other states in the medieval era including Adal, Hubat, Hargaya, Gidaya, Hadiya, and Fatagar.[6][7]

History

In 1264 Sultan Dil Gamis of Makhzumi defeated the overlord of Mora state in battle.[8]

Following Walasma deposing the Makhzumi dynasty in 1285, Mora was incorporated into the Ifat Sultanate circa 1288.[9]

During Abyssinian Emperor Amda Seyon's invasion of the Ifat Sultanate in the fourteenth century, Mora joined a coalition with Adal and elected Imam Salih as their leader.[10]

References
  1. Loimeier, Roman. Muslim Societies in Africa A Historical Anthropology. Indiana University Press. p. 184.
  2. Bausi, Alessandro. Ethiopia History, Culture and Challenges. Michigan State University. p. 234.
  3. Kissling, H.J. Last Great Muslim Empires. BRILL. p. 170.
  4. Ende, Werner. Islam in the World Today: A Handbook of Politics, Religion, Culture, and Society. Cornell University Press. p. 436.
  5. Mora. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
  6. Schneider, Madeleine. Stèles funéraires musulmanes de la province du Choa (PDF). Annales d'Éthiopie. p. 78.
  7. Ayana, Daniel. The Northern Zanj, Demadim, Yamyam, Yam/Yamjam, Habasha/Ahabish, Zanj-Ahabish, and Zanj ed-Damadam – The Horn of Africa between the Ninth and Fifteenth Centuries. Cambridge University Press. p. 75.
  8. Cerulli, Enrico. Islam yesterday and today. pp. 238–239.
  9. Jenkins, Everett. The Muslim Diaspora (Volume 1, 570-1500) A Comprehensive Chronology of the Spread of Islam in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas · Volume 1. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 235.
  10. Trimingham, J. Spencer. Islam in Ethiopia. Taylor & Francis. p. 72.
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