Polity Sultanate of Dahlak (Ethiopia)

This article is about the specific polity Sultanate of Dahlak (Ethiopia) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Period of Ethiopian vassalage of the Sultanate of Dahlak, a small medieval kingdom covering the Dahlak Archipelago and parts of the African Red Sea coast in what is now Eritrea.

Establishment

  • January 1501: By the 15th century, the economy of the sultanate was not only in decline, but it was also forced to pay tribute to the emperors of Ethiopia.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 1514: By 1513 Dahlak had become a vassal of the Tahirids.