Warsangali Sultanate
Warsangali Sultanate | |||||||||
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| Possibly late 13th century–1887 | |||||||||
Map of the historic Warsangali Sultanate | |||||||||
| Capital | Las Khorey | ||||||||
| Common languages | Somali | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
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| History | |||||||||
• Established | Possibly late 13th century | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1887 | ||||||||
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• Total | 54,231 km2 (20,939 sq mi) | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Somalia | ||||||||
The Warsangali Sultanate (Somali: Saldanadda Warsangeli, lit. 'Boqortooyada Warsangali', Arabic: سلطنة الورسنجلي), was a Somali imperial ruling house centered in northeastern and in some parts of southeastern Somalia. It governed an area historically known as Maakhir. The sultanate was ruled in the 19th century by the influential Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire who assumed control during its most turbulent years. In 1884, the United Kingdom established the protectorate of British Somaliland through various treaties with the northern Somali sultanates (Dir, Isaaq and Harti including the Warsangali). The Warsangali clan constituted 120,000 of British Somaliland's total population at the time, of 640,000 (18.75%).
