Sultanate of Aussa | |||||||||||
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| 1734–1936[1] | |||||||||||
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.png) Aussa on modern map of Africa | |||||||||||
| Capital | Aussa | ||||||||||
| Common languages | |||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||||
• 1734–1749 | Kedafu | ||||||||||
• 1927-1936 | Mohammed Yayyo | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern period to Interwar period | ||||||||||
• Established | 1734 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1936[1] | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• Total | 76,868 km2 (29,679 sq mi) | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Ethiopia Eritrea Djibouti | ||||||||||
The Sultanate of Aussa was a kingdom that existed in the Afar Region in southern Eritrea, eastern Ethiopia and Djibouti from the 18th to the 20th century. It was considered to be the leading monarchy of the Afar people, to whom the other Afar rulers nominally acknowledged primacy.
The Ethiopian Empire nominally laid claim to the region but were met with harsh resistance. Due to their skills in desert warfare, the Afars managed to remain independent, unlike other similar groups in the region.[2]
The Sultan Yayyo visited Rome along with countless other nobility from across East Africa to support the creation of Italian East Africa.[3] This marked the end of the region's independence and it was disestablished and incorporated into Italian East Africa as a part of the Eritrean Governorate and the Harar Governorate.
- ^ "ITALIANS CONQUER AUSSA SULTANATE; Occupy Sardo, in Center of Rich Area, and Dominate Red Sea Caravan Trails. LINE BISECTS ETHIOPIA Rome Sees Early Submission of Haile Selassie -- Britain's Attitude Chief Worry". The New York Times. April 1936.
- ^ Thesiger, Wilfred (1935). "The Awash River and the Aussa Sultanate". The Geographical Journal. 85 (1): 1–19. Bibcode:1935GeogJ..85....1T. doi:10.2307/1787031. JSTOR 1787031.
- ^ Sbacchi, Alberto (1977). "Italy and the Treatment of the Ethiopian Aristocracy, 1937-1940". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 10 (2): 209–241. doi:10.2307/217347. JSTOR 217347.