Abasa
Abaaso | |
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Ancient ruin | |
 Ruins of an Ancient Mosque in Abasa | |
  Abasa Location in Somaliland. .svg) Abasa Abasa (Somaliland) | |
| Coordinates: 10°08′00″N 43°13′00″E / 10.13333°N 43.21667°E | |
| Country |  Somaliland |
| Province | Awdal |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Abasa (also spelled: Abbasa, Abbaso) (Somali: Abaaso) is an ancient town in the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland.[1][2][3] In ancient times it served as the capital of both Queen Kola's Kingdom[4] and Kingdom of Adal.[5]
- ^ Briggs, Philip (2012). Somaliland: With Addis Ababa & Eastern Ethiopia. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-371-9.
- ^ Chittick, Neville (1975). An Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Horn: The British-Somali Expedition. pp. 117–133.
- ^ Torres, Jorge de (2020). The fort of Queen Kola: Abasa. StateHorn project.
- ^ Torres, Jorge de (2023). Kola's Kingdom: The Territory of Abasa (Western Somaliland) during the Medieval Period.
- ^ Telles, Balthazar (1710). The Travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia (1st ed.). J. Knapton.
It might perhaps be to called from Abaxa, the Capital City of the Kingdom of Adel.