Ogaden was part of the Muslim Ifat Sultanate

[Queen_Arawello]

Ogaden was part of the Muslim Ifat Sultanate in the 13th and beginning of the 14th centuries. The sultante's borders extened to the Shoa - Addis Ababa area. The region developed its own Adal kingdom from late 14th to the last quarter of the 19th century. There was an ongoing conflict between the Adal kingdom and the Christian Kingdom of Abyssinia throughout this time. During the first half of the 16th century, most Abyssinian territory came under the rule of Adal, when Imam Ahmed Gurey, the leader of Adal's Army, took control.