Ottoman Zeila Explained

Native Name:Saylac Cosmaniya
Conventional Long Name:Ottoman Zeila
Common Name:Ottoman Zeila
Status:Vassal of the Ottoman Empire (1559–1885)
Title Leader:Governor
Leader1:Özdemir Pasha (First)
Year Leader1:1559–1561
Leader2:Abu Bakr Pasha (last)[1]
Year Leader2:1860–1862
Year Start:1559
Year End:1874
Event End:Annexed By Egypt
P1:Adal Sultanate
Flag P1:Flag of Adal Sultanate.svg
S1:Khedivate's Somali Coast
Flag S1:Flag of Muhammad Ali.svg
Image Map Caption:Zeila waterfront circa 1880
Capital:Zeila
Religion:Islam
Common Languages:Somali, Turkish, Afar

Ottoman Zeila was a region centered around Zeila that was under intermittent Ottoman control between the 16th and 19th centuries, after the collapse of the Adal Sultanate.

After the rise of Sharmake Ali Saleh,The Ottomans slowly lost control of the cities of Zeila and Berbera,due to the popularity of sharmake’s rule.

History

From 1840 until the 1855, the governor of Zeila was Haji Shirmarke. Although prior to him, the governorship was hereditary and appointed to Sayyids, his ascent was due to the influence and wealth he acquired from his career as a captain of a training dhow. He obtained the position also partly due to gratitude from Great Britain for protecting the crew of the Mary Ann, a brig that was attacked off Berbera in 1825.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bezabeh . Samson . Subjects of Empires, Citizens of States: Yemenis in Djibouti and Ethiopia . 2016 . 18.
  2. Book: Lewis . I M . A Modern History of the Somali: Nation and State in the Horn of Africa . 2003.