Zengisa Acra

Zengisa Acra,[1] was a regional name which existed along the east of the Horn of Africa during the 1st millennium.

Ajan Coast was eventually superseded by the Sultanate of Mogadishu. The term Ajan is sometimes used interchangeably with Azania. However, Cyril Hromnik, has suggested Ajan comes from the Indian term Ajan Bar.[2]

However, the overlapping analysis frequently places the core of Ajan Coast in the region of the plains beyond the promontory (Ras Hafun) that follows the Horn's headland. The Ajan Coast was bordered to the north by Aromata, to the west by Rauso, to the south by various peoples including the Zanj and Tunni and to the east by the Indian Ocean. A notable city state of Ajan was Sarapion.[3]

References
  1. Glasgow, University of (1955). Transactions. p. 26. South of the Aromatic Coast, the present Somali country in which frankincense was gathered, he mentions Zengisa Acra, Cape Zenj or Zengg
  2. Goldenberg, David M. "It Is Permitted to Marry a Kushite." AJS review 37.1 (2013): 29-49.
  3. Schlichter, Henry. "Ptolemy's Topography of Eastern Equatorial Africa." Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography. Vol. 13. No. 9. Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), Wiley, 1891.
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