The Ajuuraan was not a unitary authority, they had many vassals. Following their conquest of the south they established themselves as overlords and had the following vassals (not a complete list just the ones I know of)
- Mogadishu City-State (Sultanate after 1270) encompassing the cities of Shingani and Xamar
- Baraawe City-State (conquered by Portugal in 1506)
- Marka City-State
- Gorgaate Hawiye (led by the Silcis Gorgaate of Afgoye)
- Garsogude Geledi of Luuq
This list is not exhaustive and includes many smaller clans in the south.
The Ajuuraan themselves ruled directly over a smaller area, their main towns were Mareeg, Qalaafo and Hobyo. They had a presence in Mogadishu but most Ajuuraan in the Banadir region lived north of the city in Balcad.
Mogadishu submitted to Ajuuraan hegemony until the Ajuuraan fell from power after which they accepted Portuguese hegemony (but were never conquered) until the Ottomans defeated the Portuguese and Mogadishu came to be ruled by Muzaffar, until he was captured by subterfuge by Hiraab.
Dir refugees fleeing the Habesha invasion of their northern homelands settled in the south and eventually took over Marka.
Baraawe would remain under Portuguese domination until the early 18th century.
Following their defeat at the hands of the Hiraab, the Ajuuraan migrated south and settled on the east bank of the Juba valley, though they managed to hold on to Qalaafo and that was the stronghold of Olol Diinle. The Geledi would defeat them in the south in the middle of the 17th century. Another subclan of Geledi would defeat the Silcis Gorgaate and take over Afgoye in the 18th century.
