Polity Sultanate of Ujiji (Rumaliza)

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Was a polity in Tanzania centered on the city of Ujiji.

Establishment

  • January 1884: From 1883 Arab slave and ivory trader Rumaliza was the leader of the Swahili community at Ujiji on Lake Tanganyika.

Chronology

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1. Congo Arab war

Was a war fought in Central Africa between the forces of Belgian King Leopold II's Congo Free State and various Zanzibari Arab slave traders.

  • February 1887: Belgish autorities made Tippu Tip governor of eastern Congo (" The borders of his territories were the Aruwimi and the Lualaba River.") to eliminate his secessionist aims. However he considered himself a vassal, de facto secceeding from Congo.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • July 1890: By 1st july 1890 Germany controlled all of Tanganyka (the continental part of modern-day Tanzania), Burundi and Rwanda as with the Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty the treaty with the East Africa Protectorate controlled by Britain was fixed.

Disestablishment

  • July 1890: By 1st july 1890 Germany controlled all of Tanganyka (the continental part of modern-day Tanzania), Burundi and Rwanda as with the Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty the treaty with the East Africa Protectorate controlled by Britain was fixed.

Selected Sources

  • Langer, W. L. (1951): The Diplomacy of Imperialism, 1890-1902, (1951) , Cambridge (USA), pp. 6-10