city Zeila: All Data

Zeila is a city in Somaliland. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.

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Zeila: Chronology of Mentions

Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.

1286 AD
Capital of Sultanate of Ifat
1332 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Zeila (1332)
1517 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Zeila (1517)
1884 AD
Mentioned in Event: Egyptian invasion of the Eastern Horn of Africa
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: Italian conquest of British Somaliland