Mogadishu currency

In order to facilitate regional trade, the Mogadishu Sultanate began minting its own coins, a move which had the effect of centralizing its commercial hegemony.

[1] It also utilized the Mogadishan currency originally minted by the Sultanate of Mogadishu, which later became incorporated into the Ajuran Empire during the 13th century.

Pieces have been found as far away as the present-day United Arab Emirates, where a coin bearing the name of a 15th-century Somali Sultan Ali b. Yusuf of Mogadishu was excavated.

According to Cerulli, similar coins were found in the village of Mos (Moos), located about 14 km to Warsheikh's northwest.

[3] During excavation in Iraq in 1971, a copper piece was discovered bearing the name of Sultan of Mogadishu Ali ibn Yusuf.