Tanade

Tanade was a kingdom of the Tanade, an old Darod Somali branch, around Cape Guardafui. In 1337 Dirir Maki ruled within Ifat's tributary orbit.

In the early sixteenth century Portuguese visitors recorded a local lord at Guardafui whose land was subject to Adal. Somali tradition preserves a succession of Tanade kings beginning with Aw Maki and including a King Dirir. The kingdom broke down in 1775 after internal fighting; its coast later became the heartland of the Majeerteen Sultanate, which made Alula its capital.