Sultanate of Hobyo
Sultanate of Hobyo | |||||||||||
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| 1878–1927 | |||||||||||
The Sultanate of Hobyo in the late 19th century | |||||||||||
| Status | Somali Sultanate Protectorate of Italy (1888–1927) | ||||||||||
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| Common languages | Somali · Arabic | ||||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||||
• 1854–1912 | Yusuf Ali Kenadid | ||||||||||
• early 1912–1925 | Ali Yusuf Kenadid | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1878 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1927 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Somalia | ||||||||||
The Sultanate of Hobyo (Somali: Saldanadda Hobyo, Arabic: سلطنة هوبيو), also known as the Sultanate of Obbia, was a 19th-century Somali Sultanate in present-day northeastern and central Somalia and eastern Ethiopia. It was established in 1878 by Yusuf Ali Kenadid. In 1888, it became a protectorate of Italy and was eventually integrated in the colony of Italian Somaliland.