Zeila (Somali: Saylac, Arabic: زيلع, romanized: Zayla), also known as Zaila or Zayla, is a historical port town in the western Awdal region of Somaliland...

Ottoman Zeila was a region centered around Zeila that was under intermittent Ottoman control between the 16th and 19th centuries , after the collapse of...

Zeila also known as Zaila or Zayla was a historical Muslim region in the Horn of Africa. The region was named after the port city of Zeila in modern day...

the Zeila Archipelago, are a group of islands off the northwestern coast of Somaliland. They are situated near the ancient city of Zeila. The Zeila Archipelago...

Zeila District (Somali: Degmada Saylac) is a district in western Somaliland. Its capital is at Zeila. The town of Zeila is primarily inhabited by people...

The Battle of Zeila was an armed encounter that took place in the city of Zeila, in modern-day Somaliland, between the forces of the Sultanate of Adal...

Idil Ibrahim (Somali: Idil Ibraahiim; Arabic: إدل إبراهيم) is a Somali-American independent film director, film producer, screenwriter, and actress. Idil...

Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somaliland, was part of the Land of Punt. Nearby Zeila, now in Somaliland, was the seat of the medieval Adal and Ifat Sultanates...

his political influence in the region. He was the governor and ruler of Zeila and Berbera between 1841 and 1861, and for a time was known as the richest...

Eleni (Ge’ez: እሌኒ, "Helena"; died April 1522) also known as Queen of Zeila was Empress of Ethiopia by marriage to Zara Yaqob (r. 1434–1468), and served...

the two Qiblas'; Arabic: مَـسْـجِـد الْـقِـبْـلَـتَـيْـن) is a mosque in Zeila, situated in the western Awdal region of Somaliland. The name of the mosque...

the Awash river as far as the coast, and including Harar as well as Zeila. The Zeila state often denoted Adal and other Muslim dominions in medieval texts...

They are mainly found in cities and towns such as Borama, Baki, Lughaya, Zeila, Dilla, Jarahorato, Amud, Abasa, Fiqi Aadan, Quljeed, Boon and Harirad....

most warlike tribe of north east Africa. The British also tried to invade Zeila home of the White Issa (Aysa) which the natives reigned victorious, with...

twelfth-century Jewish traveler, claimed Zeila region was the land of Havilah confined by Al-Habash on the west. Zeila (Havilah) had been sacked by the Portuguese...

Ottoman architectural buildings. Another equally famous historic city is Zeila. Zeila was once part of the Ottoman Empire, a dependency of Yemen and Egypt...

out to the Egyptians, who had annexed Zeila and Berbera. By 1873, the Egyptians peacefully took control of Zeila, Berbera and Bulhar (which was temporarily...

Empire. Sultanate of Adal was alternatively known as the federation of Zeila. Adal is believed to be an abbreviation of Havilah. Eidal or Aw Abdal, was...

Baki, Lughaya, and Zeila. Awdal (أودل) takes its name from the medieval Adal Sultanate (عَدَل), which was originally centered on Zeila. The area along the...

Africa was king John IIs explorer and spy Pero da Covilhã. Covilhã landed at Zeila in 1487 and made his way to Ethiopia, where he was forced to marry and settle...

Sultanate of Ifat, known as Wafāt or Awfāt in Arabic texts, or the Kingdom of Zeila was a medieval Sunni Muslim state in the eastern regions of the Horn of...

associates in the city and some of the merchants in control of trade in Zeila and Borama. Students of Sheikh Nuur were also trained in the use of this...

Ottoman Zeila...

English-backed usurper to the Scottish throne Edward Balliol. Battle of Zeila Ethiopians defeat and vassalize Sultanate of Ifat, sack their capital and...

Unity, and Development Party. Abdirahman was born on 28 October 1956 in Zeila, then British Somaliland (now Somaliland). He completed his primary and...

called the confederated states of Zeila. According to the 12th-century Jewish traveler Benjamin of Tudela, the Zeila was the land of the Havilah, confined...

governing Zeila, Berbera and Tadjoura. In 1841 Sharmarke with fifty Matchlock men, two cannons and an army of mounted spearmen managed to invade Zeila and depose...

governing Zeila, Berbera and Tadjoura. In 1841 Sharmarke with fifty Matchlock men, two cannons and an army of mounted spearmen managed to invade Zeila and depose...

Mafudi ; died July 1517) was a Harari Garad, Emir of Harar and Governor of Zeila in the Adal Sultanate. Although he was originally only emir of a small region...

during the Ethiopian-Adal War. He is often referred to as the "King of Zeila" in medieval texts.: 79  Dubbed "The African Attila" by Orientalist Frederick...