General Description
The Aussa Sultanate succeeded the Imamate of Aussa during the first half of the eighteenth century. The Aussa Sultanate was established by the Mudaito Dynasty of the Asaimara (Redhouse) branch of the Danakil clan. According to Abir, the Sultanate’s peak phase was during the eighteenth century with a decline in the first year of the nineteenth century. Tensions between local raiding groups also put a strain on the Sultanate sometime in the early-nineteenth century when the Adoimara (Whitehouse) Danakil forced the Mudaito Sultan to share revenues with their clan.
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The Sultanate of Aussa also fought off foreign invasions in the nineteenth century, particularly against the Egyptian invading army in 1875 when the Sultan of Aussa killed Werner Munzinger in battle. During the mid-nineteenth century, the Sultanate of Aussa was forced to make pacts with the Italian colonists as Italy expanded its territory in the Horn of Africa. These agreements with Italy and the Sultanate of Aussa brought mistrust as the Ethiopian government was suspicious of the sultanate especially during the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
In 1935/36 during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, the Sultan of Ausa, Mahammad Yayyo agreed to cooperate with the Italian invaders. After World War II the Sultanate still controlled a moderate amount of influence in the Awash Valley of the Afar region. To this day there is a Sultan of Aussa.
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[1]: (Abir 2008, 554) Abir, M. 2008. ‘Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa’ In The Cambridge History of Africa c. 1600 – c. 1790. Edited by Richard Gray. Vol 4. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/JHH9VH96/library
[2]: (Mekonnen 2013, 48) Mekonnen, Yohannes K. 2013. Ethiopia: The Land, Its People, History and Culture. New Africa Press. Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/collections/GWWIKDDM/items/QQ9ZECMI/collection
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| Utm Zone | 37 N | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Original Name | Early Sultanate of Aussa | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Alternative Name | Awsa Sultanate | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Alternative Name | Afar Sultante | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Alternative Name | Mudaito Dynasty | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Succeeding Entity | Italian East Africa | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Relationship to Preceding Entity | elite migration | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Religious Tradition | Islam | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Sacred Text | Present | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Religious Literature | Present | Inferred | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Calendar | Present | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Foreign Coin | Present | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Article | Present | Inferred | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Weight Measurement System | Present | Inferred | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Volume Measurement System | Present | Inferred | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Time Measurement System | Present | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Length Measurement System | Present | Inferred | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Area Measurement System | Present | Inferred | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement is Broad | Present | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Supernatural Concern is Primary | Present | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement is Agentic | Present | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement in This Life | Present | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Supernatural Punishment And Reward | Present | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Religion Adopted by Commoners | Present | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement is Targeted | Present | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement in Afterlife | Present | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Religion Adopted by Elites | Present | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement of Rulers | Present | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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| Moralizing Enforcement is Certain | Present | Confident | 1734 CE 1895 CE | ||||||||
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