Dakkar

Dakkar (Somali: Daggar) was a Somali historical town located in modern-day of Somali Region in Ethiopia.

Dakkar
Dakkar
Location in Ethiopia
Coordinates: 9°30′N 42°36′E
Country Ethiopia
RegionSomali
ZoneShinile
Elevation
2,031 m (6,663 ft)

History

It was the second capital of the medieval Adal Sultanate, after the polity moved its initial headquarters from Zeila in modern-day northwestern Somalia.[1]

G.W.B. Huntingford suggests that Dakkar might be the same as the modern Chinhahsan, which is located at the edge of the Marar plain 15 miles NW of Jijiga.[2]

gollark: Without really expensive hardware.
gollark: Good luck getting gigabit WiFi connections under *any realistic circumstance ever*.
gollark: Besides, they would have to pay *per unit of data transmitted*, when many have unlimited plans for at least home connections.
gollark: Network effects or something.
gollark: Yes, but they already have internet™ and your mesh thing is worse initially.

References

  1. Lewis, I. M. (1999). A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa. James Currey Publishers. p. 17. ISBN 0852552807.
  2. G.W.B. Huntingford, Historical Geography of Ethiopia from the first century AD to 1704 (London: British Academy, 1989),p. 87
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