Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1700 – 1910

Sultanate of the Geledi

A state of 1700 – 1910 — 210 years in sub-Saharan Africa. Its line of rulers holds 2 people. Its own article says it was conquered by Italian Somaliland.

  • Wikidata's English label: Geledi Sultanate.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
210 years
1700 – 1910
Rulers
2
the Sultan of the Geledi
Symbol
1
on record, with years

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Sultanate of the Geledi: 1700 – 1910

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

How it ended, as its article says

Conquered by Italian Somaliland, 1911. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

The sultanate was eventually incorporated into Italian Somaliland in 1911.

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.

Ahmed Yusuf · 1848 – 1878 · no death date to read the end againstOsman Ahmed · 1878 – 1911 · no death date to read the end against17001750180018501900
ending not on record
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Ahmed Yusuf1848 – 187830 yearsending not on record
Osman Ahmed1878 – 191133 yearsending not on record

2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1848 – 1911. Median reign 31.5 years. 0 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Flag or arms

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Geledi Sultanante Flag
    flag, undatedGeledi Sultanante Flag · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sultanatemaker

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 stood210 years

    stood longer than 64% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median33 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 87% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record2

    has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Ajuran Sultanate · In the article · 1250 · “At the end of the 17th century, the Ajuran Sultanate was in its decline and various vassals were breaking free or being absorbed by new Somali powers.”Ajuran SultanateSultanate of the Geledi · 1700 – 1910Sultanate of the Geledi140016001800
in the article

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q862518 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.