Sultanate of Mayotte

This article is about the specific polity Sultanate of Mayotte 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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Was a sultanate on the island of Mayotte, north to Mozambique, that was established when Arabs colonized the island.

Establishment

January 1501: Establishment of the Sultanate of Mayotte.

Chronology

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1. Events

May 1841: France first established colonial rule in the Comoros by taking possession of Mayotte in 1841 when the Sakalava usurper sultan Andriantsoly signed the Treaty of April 1841, which ceded the island to the French authorities.