Ifat (historical region)

This article is about the ancient region in the Horn of Africa. For the sultanate, see Ifat Sultanate.
19th century map of Ifat located east of the Shewan highlands and west of the Awash River.

Ifat (Harari: ኢፋት; Amharic: ይፋት; Somali: Awfat) also known as Yifat,[1] Awfat or Wafat was a historical Muslim region in the Horn of Africa.[2] It was located on the eastern edge of Shewa.[3][4][5]

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  3. ^ Hassan, Mohammed. Reviewed Work: Islam in Nineteenth-Century Wallo, Ethiopia: Revival, Reform and Reaction by Hussein Ahmed. Michigan State University Press. p. 148. JSTOR 41931349.
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