The Sultanate of Agadez (also known as Tenere Sultanate of Aïr, Sultanate of Aïr, or Asben) was a Berber kingdom centered first in the city of Agadez (initially...
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city of the Tuareg people, supplanting Assodé. The city still sees the arrival of caravans bringing salt from Bilma. In 1449 Agadez became a sultanate, but...
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early 20th, much of the region was under the control of the Sultanate of Agadez, except for a period when the area came under the rule of the Songhai Empire...
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Sokoto Caliphate (redirect from Sultanate of Sokoto)
الخلافة في بلاد السودان, literally: Caliphate in the Lands of Sudan), also known as the Sultanate of Sokoto, was a Sunni Muslim caliphate in West Africa. It...
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laptop Aïr Mountains, a massif in northern Niger Sultanate of Agadez, also known as the Sultanate of Aïr Arab Islamic Republic, failed union attempt between...
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Niger (redirect from Republic of Niger)
Empire before more significant parts of its territory became included in states such as the Sultanate of Agadez and the Songhai Empire. It was colonized...
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Kanem–Bornu Empire (redirect from Sultanate of Bornu)
by several long-lasting famines.: 500–508 : 94–95, 244–258 The Sultanate of Agadez was independently operating the Bilma salt mines by 1750, having...
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found the Sultanate in Agadez. In 1740 the large Kel Owey destroyed the town of Assodé, sacked Agadez, placed the Sultanate of Agadez under their control...
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1230–1672) Bamana Empire (1712–1861) Khasso (17th century–19th century) Sultanate of Agadez (1449–1900) Songhai Empire (c. 1340–1591) Mossi States Gurunsi (c...
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(1591–1901 CE) Massina Sultanate (1400–1818 CE) Sultanate of Agadez (1404–1500 CE, 1591–1906/present CE) (NSM in Niger) Kingdom of Dagbon (14th/15th century–1896/present...
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Gobir (category Former sultanates)
of henna'). The document Kitab Asi Sultanati Ahyar I ("Chronicle of the Sultanate of Ayr I") mentions the Gobirawa as having migrated out of Agadez (Ayr)...
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Tuareg people (redirect from History of the Tuareg people)
1449, a Tuareg ruling house founded the Tenere Sultanate of Aïr (Sultanate of Agadez) in the city of Agadez in the Aïr Mountains. 18th century Tuareg Islamic...
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Adrar (1740–1932) Emirate of Tagant (1580–present) Niger Dendi Kingdom (1591–1901) Sultanate of Agadez (1449–1900) Sultanate of Damagaram (1731–present)...
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century due to its dangers. The Sultanate of Agadez was founded in 1449 and became a trading and religious center of the region. It was later conquered...
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Ordre du Mérite Saharien (category Orders of chivalry of France)
emblem of the Tuareg clans inhabiting the area of the former Sultanate of Agadez in Agadez, Niger. The order was deprecated by decree on 3 December 1963...
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Askia Muhammad I (category Year of birth uncertain)
of campaigns against the Mossi, the Sultanate of Agadez, and the Kanem-Borno empire. In 1501 he defeated the son of the Mansa Mahmud III, Qama-fiti-Kalli...
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Aïr Mountains (redirect from Air of Niger)
newly created Tuareg Sultanate of Agadez, and remained so until the arrival of the French at the end of the 19th. The emergence of the French weakened...
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main trading cities of Timbuktu, Oualata, Nema, and possibly Gao, with some tribes forming the north-eastern Sultanate of Agadez, and with them all usurping...
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Kel Owey (category History of Niger)
south from modern Algeria and destroyed the town of Assodé, sacked Agadez, placed the Sultanate of Agadez under their control, and dispersed the Kel Ayr...
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gateway to the desert, Agadez, on the southern edge of the Sahara desert, developed in the 15th and 16th centuries when the Sultanate of Aïr was established ...
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history (also called the post-classical era) is the period of time that immediately followed the end of ancient history. Depending on the continent, the era...
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postcolonial government of Niger. The government that followed, while plagued by coup attempts of its own, survived until 1991. The Sahel drought of 1968–72 had aggravated...
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Kingdom Airgíalla Ailech Aïr – Terene Sultanate of Aïr (to 1500) Capital: Agadez Ajuran – Ajuran Sultanate Capital: Mareeg Ağ Qoyunlu – Ağ Qoyunlu Confederation...
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This is a list of all present sovereign states in Africa and their predecessors. The region of Africa is generally defined geographically to include the...
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W-Arly-Pendjari Complex Agadez The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural...
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Tessaoua (redirect from Sultanate of Tessaoua)
historical trade route between Agadez, Niger, in the north and Kano, Nigeria, in the south. During the collapse of the sultanates of Bornu and Sokoto during...
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Pieter Farde (category Agadez Region)
taken to the Agadez Sultanate on his way to Jerusalem. Much of what is known about Fardé's life comes from a collection of letters, seven of which are attributed...
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Ibn Battuta (redirect from Travelling route of Ibn Battuta)
capital of the Mamluk Sultanate. After spending about a month in Cairo, he embarked on the first of many detours within the relative safety of Mamluk territory...
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Kaocen revolt (category History of the Sahara)
of Kufra (in modern Libya) declared a Jihad against the French colonialists in October 1914, Kaocen rallied his forces. Tagama, the Sultan of Agadez had...
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LGBTQ history in Niger (category Social history of Niger)
discrimination, according to the U.S. Department of State’s 2010 Human Rights Report there were no known cases of violence against queer people based on sexual...
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