Dakkar

Dakkar (Harari: ደከር Däkär), also known as Dakar, or Deker, was an historical Muslim town located in present-day eastern Ethiopia. It served as the first capital of the Adal Sultanate after its founding in the early 15th century by Sabr ad-Din III.

For the capital city of Senegal, see Dakar.

The writer of the sixteenth century chronicle "Futuh al-Habasha" Arab Faqih suggests it was in close proximity with Harar. Enrico Cerulli, Bahru Zewde and other historians identify Dakkar as being located one km southeast of Harar. However, Richard Pankhurst states that the city was situated near the village of Funyan Bira and G. W. B. Huntingford believes that it was in the town of Chinaksen near Jigjiga.

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