Home Region: East Africa (Africa)

Sultanate of Geledi

1750 CE 1911 CE

D G SC R

New EA so_geledi_sultanate

Preceding Entity: Add one more here.

1250 CE 1700 CE Ajuran Sultanate (so_ajuran_sultanate) [elite replacement]

Succeeding Entity:

No Polity found. Add one here.

General Description

The Geledi Sultanate was part of the Gobroon Dynasty that was either established in the seventeenth or the first half of the eighteenth centuries. The capital of the Geledi Sultanate was the town of Afgoy, located on the lower Shebelle River, twenty km from Mogadishu. ^[1] According to Njoku, the apex of the Sultanate was from 1789 to 1848 under the rule of Sultan Yusuf Mahamud Ibrahim. The Geledi Sultanate had a robust army which helped to quell regional dissent from various groups. In 1843, the Sultanate defeated the fundamentalist Baardheere Jamaaca jihadists who wanted to bring ultra-religious ideals into the region. The Geledi Sultanate also controlled valuable trade networks particularly at the port of Mogadishu. By the end of the nineteenth century, the Sultanate’s influence waned due to regional fighting and interference from European colonists. ^[2]
In 1911, the territory of the Sultanate was annexed by Italy in their creation of Italian Somaliland. ^[1]

[1]: (Luling 1971, 202) Luling, Virginia. 1971. The Social Structure of Southern Somali Tribes. (Thesis). University of London (University College London). Seshat URL:https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/TWITJWK4/items/5BTAQ3DM/collection

[2]: (Njoku 2013, 41) Njoku, Raphael C. 2013. The History of Somalia. Santa Barbara: Greenwood Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/U9FHBPZF/library

General Variables

Identity and Location

1 Utm Zone

1 Original Name

1 Capital

3 Alternative Name

Temporal Bounds

1 Peak Years

1 Duration

Political and Cultural Relations

1 Succeeding Entity

1 Relationship to preceding Entity

1 Polity Succession

Language

1 Linguistic Family

2 Language

Religion

1 Religious Tradition

1 Religion Family

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale

1 Population of the Largest Settlement

Hierarchical Complexity

1 Settlement Hierarchy

Professions

1 Professional Soldier

Bureaucracy Characteristics

Law

1 Professional Lawyer

1 Judge

1 Formal Legal Code

1 Court

Specialized Buildings: polity owned

1 Market

1 Drinking Water Supply System

1 Communal Building

1 Utilitarian Public Building

1 Knowledge Or Information Building

Transport Infrastructure

1 Road

1 Port

Special-purpose Sites

1 Trading Emporia

1 Special Purpose Site

1 Ceremonial Site

1 Burial Site

Information / Writing System

1 Written Record

1 Script

1 Phonetic Alphabetic Writing

Information / Kinds of Written Documents

1 Sacred Text

1 Religious Literature

1 Calendar

Information / Money

Information / Postal System

Information / Measurement System

1 Weight Measurement System

1 Volume Measurement System

1 Time Measurement System

1 Other Measurement System

1 Length Measurement System

1 Area Measurement System

Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications

Military use of Metals

Projectiles

Handheld weapons

Animals used in warfare

Armor

Naval technology

Economy Variables (Luxury Goods) Coding in Progress.

Religion Variables Coding in Progress.

Crisis Consequence Cases Coding in Progress.

Power Transitions

5 Power Transition

Instability Events

16 Instability Event

General Variables

Identity and Location Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Utm Zone	39 N	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Original Name	Sultanate of Geledi	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Capital	Afgoy	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Alternative Name	Gobroon Dynasty	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Alternative Name	Afgoy	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Alternative Name	Agoi	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Temporal Bounds Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More
Peak Years	[1789 CE ➜ 1848 CE]
Loading...

Duration	[1750 CE ➜ 1911 CE]
Loading...

Political and Cultural Relations Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Succeeding Entity	Italian Somaliland	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Relationship to Preceding Entity	elite migration	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Preceding Entity 1250 CE 1700 CE	Ajuran Sultanate (so_ajuran_sultanate) [elite replacement]
Loading...

Language Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Linguistic Family	Afro-Asiatic	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Language	Arabic	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Language	Maay	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Religion Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Religious Tradition	Islam	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Religion Family	Sunni Islam	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Social Complexity Variables

Social Scale Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Population of the Largest Settlement	[6,000 to 6,500] people	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Hierarchical Complexity Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Settlement Hierarchy	4	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Professions Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Soldier	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Bureaucracy Characteristics Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Law Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Professional Lawyer	Absent Inferred	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Judge	Absent Inferred	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Formal Legal Code	Absent Inferred	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Court	Absent Inferred	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Specialized Buildings: polity owned Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Market	Present Inferred	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Drinking Water Supply System	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Communal Building	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Utilitarian Public Building	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Knowledge Or Information Building	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Transport Infrastructure Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Road	Present Inferred	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Port	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Special-purpose Sites Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Trading Emporia	Present Inferred	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Special Purpose Site	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Ceremonial Site	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Burial Site	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Information / Writing System Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Written Record	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Script	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Phonetic Alphabetic Writing	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Information / Kinds of Written Documents Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Sacred Text	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Religious Literature	Present Inferred	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Calendar	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Information / Money Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Information / Postal System Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Information / Measurement System Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Weight Measurement System	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Volume Measurement System	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Time Measurement System	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Other Measurement System	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Length Measurement System	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Area Measurement System	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)

Fortifications Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Military use of Metals Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Projectiles Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Handheld weapons Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Animals used in warfare Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Armor Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Naval technology Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More

Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)

Religion Variables

Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)
Moralizing Enforcement is Broad	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Enforcement in This Life	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Moralizing Enforcement is Certain	Present	1750 CE 1911 CE
Loading...

Human Sacrifice Sultanate of Geledi (so_geledi_sultanate)

Variable	Coded Value / Certainty Tags	Year(s)	See More