State · 1390 – 1897
Kingdom of Kaffa
A state of 1390 – 1897 — 507 years in sub-Saharan Africa. Its line of rulers holds 1 person. Its own article says it was conquered.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 507 years
- 1390 – 1897
- Rulers
- 1
- the King of the Kingdom of Kaffa
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
How it ended, as its article says
Conquered, 1897. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
The kingdom was overrun and conquered in 1897, and it was eventually annexed by the Ethiopian Empire.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaki Sherocho | 1890 – 1897 | 7 years | ending not on record |
1 rulers, 1 with terms dated as terms, covering 1890 – 1897. Only 7 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood507 years
stood longer than 87% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 43% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record1
has more rulers on record than 12% of 2,060 states with a line of rulers.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1339 – 1948, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1644, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1462877 (CC0) · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.