Ottoman Zeila
Saylac Cosmaniya | |
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1559–1885 | |
![]() Zeila waterfront circa 1880 | |
Status | Vassal of the Ottoman Empire (1559–1885) |
Capital | Zeila |
Common languages | Somali, Turkish, Afar |
Religion | Islam |
Governor | |
• 1559–1561 | Özdemir Pasha (First) |
• 1860–1884 | (last)[1] |
History | |
• Established | 1559 |
• Annexed by Britain | 1885 |
Ottoman Zeila was a region centered around Zeila that was under intermittent Ottoman control between the 16th and 19th centuries.
History[]
In the 15th century the Ottomans signed a treaty deal with the ruling class of zeila the Issa clan untill the 19th century the Eyptians under the ottoman sultan took over . [2]
See also[]
History of Somaliland |
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- History of Somaliland
- List of Muslim empires and dynasties
- List of Sunni Muslim dynasties
References[]
Categories:
- States and territories established in the 16th century
- States and territories disestablished in the 19th century
- Former sultanates in the medieval Horn of Africa
- 16th-century establishments in Africa
- 19th-century disestablishments in Africa
- Medieval Somalia
- Modern history of Somaliland