Polity Sultanate of Aussa

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Was a kingdom that existed in the Afar Region in eastern Ethiopia in the 18th and 20th centuries.

Establishment

  • January 1735: In 1734, the Afar leader Data Kadafo, head of the Mudayto clan, seized power and established the Mudayto Dynasty. This marked the start of a new and more sophisticated polity.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Menelik II

Expansion during the rule of Menelik II in the Ethiopian Empire.

  • January 1899: Ethiopia's expansion under Menlik II until 1898.

Disestablishment

  • January 1937: The Sultanate of Aussa was incorporated into Italian East Africa in 1936.