Muzaffarids (Somalia)

The Muẓaffarids (or Muẓaffar dynasty) were a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Banaadir coast with their capital at Mogadishu from the late 15th or early 16th century until around 1624 or possibly as late as 1700.

[1][2] They were of Persian extraction that mixed with the local Somali population and are related to the Ajuran clan.

[3] They were effectively independent,[2] but allied to the more powerful Ajuran Sultanate.

Its first attested ruler, ʿUmar al-Malik al-Muẓaffar, bore the title of sultan.

The prosperity of Mogadishu during this time stemmed from its status as a trade link between the interior and the sea and its alliance with Ajuran.