Dakkar

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Dakkar (Harari: ደክከር Däkkär , Somali: Doggor), also known as Dakar, or Deker, was a historical Muslim town located in present-day eastern Ethiopia. It served as the first capital of the Adal Sultanate after its founding in the early 15th century by Sabr ad-Din III.[1]

The writer of the sixteenth century chronicle "Futuh al-Habasha" Arab Faqīh suggests it was in close proximity with Harar.[2] Enrico Cerulli, Bahru Zewde and other historians identify Dakkar as being located one km southeast of Harar.[3][4][5][6][7][8] However, Richard Pankhurst states that the city was situated near the village of Funyan Bira and G. W. B. Huntingford believes that it was in the town of Chinaksen near Jigjiga.[9][10]

  1. ^ Dakar. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
  2. ^ Chekroun, Amelie (2022). "Harar as the capital city of the Barr Saʿd ad-Dīn (first half of the 16th century): from its emergence to its fortification". Annales d'Éthiopie. 34: 28. doi:10.3406/ethio.2022.1710. S2CID 259468094.
  3. ^ Fani, Sara. Scribal Practices in Arabic Manuscripts from Ethiopia: The ʿAjamization of Scribal Practices in Fuṣḥā and ʿAjamī Manuscripts from Harar (PDF). University of Copenhagen. p. 148.
  4. ^ Mordechai, Abir (28 October 2013). Ethiopia and the Red Sea The Rise and Decline of the Solomonic Dynasty and Muslim European Rivalry in the Region. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 9781136280900.
  5. ^ Zewde, Bahru (1998). A Short History of Ethiopia and the Horn. Addis Ababa University. p. 74.
  6. ^ Cerulli, Enrico. Islam yesterday and today. p. 156.
  7. ^ Braukamper, Ulrich (2002). Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia. LitVerlag. p. 114. ISBN 9783825856717.
  8. ^ Cambridge History of Africa (PDF). Cambridge University Press. p. 149.
  9. ^ Huntingford, G.W.B (1955). "Arabic Inscriptions in Southern Ethiopia". Antiquity. 29 (116). Antiquity Publications: 233. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00021955. S2CID 163349172.
  10. ^ Pankhurst, Richard (1982). History Of Ethiopian Towns. Steiner. p. 49. ISBN 9783515032049.