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Name: witu

Type: Cluster

Start: 1864 AD

End: 1905 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Sultanate of Witu
  • Witu (Germany)
  • Witu (Great Britain)
  • Establishment


  • January 1864: As Pate is conquered by Zanzibar, a small part of its territory fell under the control of the Sultanate of Witu.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • April 1885: On April 8, 1885, the Denhardt brothers acquired 25 × 25 miles (1600 km²) territory from Sultan Ahmad for their Tana committee and applied for a German Reich letter of protection. This protection was granted on May 27, 1885.

  • May 1885: German protectorate declared in Wituland.

  • July 1890: In accord with the 1890 Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty, on 18 June 1890 a British protectorate was declared, and on 1 July 1890 imperial Germany renounced its protectorate, ceding the Wituland to Great Britain and becoming part of British East Africa.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1906: From 1905 Witu was administered as a part of Tana District of the British East Africa Protectorate.
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